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死

sǐ · si

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 3Old HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. to die
  2. impassable
  3. uncrossable
  4. inflexible
  5. rigid
  6. extremely
  7. damned
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In a conversation

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Tired to death

  1. Dengdeng

    累(lèi)死(sǐ)我(wǒ)了(le)！

    I am so exhausted!

  2. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)今天(jīntiān)做(zuò)什么(shénme)了(le)？

    What did you do today?

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)搬(bān)了(le)一天(yītiān)书(shū)。

    I carried books all day.

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)一定(yīdìng)饿(è)死(sǐ)了(le)，我们(wǒmen)去(qù)吃饭(chīfàn)吧(ba)。

    You must be starving. Let us go and eat.

  5. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)饿(è)死(sǐ)了(le)，可是(kěshì)累(lèi)死(sǐ)了(le)，走不动(zǒubùdòng)。

    Yes, I am starving, but so tired I cannot walk.

  6. Liangliang

    好吧(hǎoba)，我(wǒ)去(qù)买(mǎi)，你(nǐ)坐(zuò)着(zhe)等(děng)。

    OK, I will go buy something. You sit and wait.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)个(ge)诗(shī)人(rén)兼(jiān)学(xué)者(zhě)死(sǐ)了(le)。

The poet and scholar is dead.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by shekitten · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

那(nà)棵(kē)老(lǎo)树(shù)去(qù)年(nián)就(jiù)死(sǐ)了(le)，今(jīn)年(nián)得(děi)砍(kǎn)掉(diào)。

That old tree died last year; it has to be cut down this year.

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