死 sǐ

1. sǐ verb to die
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 丧失生命; an intransitive verb (Guoyu '死' v 1; Unihan '死')
2. sǐ verb to sever; to break off
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 断绝; for example, 死心 ' to drop the matter' (Guoyu '死' v 2)
3. sǐ adverb extremely; very
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 非常; for example, '怕死了 'extremely scared' (Guoyu '死' adv 2)
4. sǐ adverb to do one's utmost
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 拚命; for example, 死守 'to defend obstinately' (Guoyu '死' adv 1)
5. sǐ adjective dead
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '死' adj 1; Unihan '死')
6. sǐ noun death
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Unihan '死')
7. sǐ verb to sacrifice one's life
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 牺牲生命 (Guoyu '死' v 3)
8. sǐ adjective lost; severed
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 失去作用; for example 死棋 'dead piece' [in chess] (Guoyu '死' adj 2)
9. sǐ adjective lifeless; not moving
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不活动; for example, 死水 'stagnant water' (Guoyu '死' adj 3)
10. sǐ adjective stiff; inflexible
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 呆板; for example, 死脑筋 'inflexible thinking' (Guoyu '死' adj 4)
11. sǐ adjective already fixed; set; established
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 既定; for example, 死法子 'fixed method' (Guoyu '死' adj 5)
12. sǐ adjective damned
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: When cursing someone; for example, 死鬼 devil (Guoyu '死' adj 6)

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• 骤死(驟死) sudden death (play-off in sporting competition)
• 瘦死的骆驼比马大(瘦死的駱駝比馬大) even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse; even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people
• 说死(說死) to say definitely; to commit (to a proposition)
• 死别(死別) to be parted by death
• 生死搭档(生死搭檔) inseparable partner
• 百足之虫死而不僵(百足之蟲死而不僵) a centipede dies but never falls down; old institutions die hard
• 弄死 to kill; to put to death
• 死中求生 to seek life in death; to fight for one's life
• 虽死犹生(雖死猶生) although dead, as if still alive; still with us in spirit
• 死事 martyrs of service
• 临床死亡(臨床死亡) clinical death
• 自寻死路(自尋死路) to follow the path to one's own doom; to bring about one's own destruction
• 死火山 extinct volcano
• 吹死灰 sends the cinders flying
• 死因 cause of death
• 救死扶伤(救死扶傷) to help the dying and heal the injured
• 垂死挣扎(垂死掙扎) deathbed struggle; final struggle
• 不死心 unwilling to give up; unresigned
• 死狗 dead dog
• 死锁(死鎖) deadlock
• 死地 a place of death ; a place with bad fengshui
• 僵死 rigid and lifeless
• 早死 early demise; untimely death
• 殊死 to behead ; capital punishment ; desperate struggle; life-and-death
• 坏死(壞死) necrosis
• 置之死地而后生(置之死地而後生) place somebody on field of death and he will fight to live
• 死心 to give up; to admit failure; to drop the matter; to reconcile oneself to loss; to have no more illusions about
• 折死 to die by using allocated share of happiness
• 下死劲(下死勁) to do one's utmost
• 束手待死 hands tied and expecting the worst
• 骤死式(驟死式) sudden death style play-off (sporting competition)
• 撞死 to knock down and kill with a car; to run over; to run down
• 死线(死線) deadline
• 死寂 deathly stillness
• 黑死病 bubonic plague
• 死无对证(死無對證) the dead cannot testify; dead men tell no tales
• 处死(處死) to execute; to be executed
• 死不了 Portulaca Sundial
• 共死 die together
• 找死 to court death; taking risks
• 心肌梗死 myocardial infarction; heart attack
• 舍生忘死(捨生忘死) bravery with no thought of personal safety; risking life and limb; undaunted by perils
• 不死不休 to fight to one's last gasp
• 摔死 to fall to one's death
• 作死 to court disaster
• 死症 incurable disease; terminal illness
• 危死 risk dying
• 安乐死(安樂死) euthanasia
• 蓝屏死机(藍屏死機) blue screen of death
• 死记(死記) to learn by rote; to cram

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• 卷三百〇三 列傳第一百九十一 列女三 Volume 303 Biographies 191: Exemplary Women 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 109
• 卷二百九十二 列傳第一百八十 忠義四 Volume 292 Biographies 180: Loyal Officials 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 101
• 卷二百九十四 列傳第一百八十二 忠義六 Volume 294 Biographies 182: Loyal Officials 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 100
• 卷二百九十一 列傳第一百七十九 忠義三 Volume 291 Biographies 179: Loyal Officials 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 96
• 卷二百〇一　　列傳第八十八: 列女二 Volume 201 Biographies 88: Exemplary Women 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 93
• 卷二百九十三 列傳第一百八十一 忠義五 Volume 293 Biographies 181: Loyal Officials 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 91
• 卷四百四十九 列傳第二百〇八 忠義四 崔縱吳安國 林沖之子:郁 從子:震 霆 滕茂實 魏行可郭元邁 閻進朱績 趙師檟 易青 胡斌 范旺 馬俊 楊震仲史次秦 郭靖 高稼 曹友聞 陳寅賈子坤 劉銳 蹇彝 何充 許彪孫張桂 金文德 曹贛 胡世全 龐彥海 江彥清 陳隆之史季儉 王翊 李誠之秦鉅 Volume 449 Biographies 208: Loyalty and Righteousness 4 - Cui Zongwuanguo, Lin Chongzhi and son: Yu, newphew: Zhen, Ting, Teng Maoshi, Weixing Keguoyuanmai, Yan Jinzhuji, Zhao Shijia, Yi Qing, Hu Bin, Fan Wang, Ma Jun, Yangzhen Zhongshi Ciqin, Guo Jing, Gao Jia, Cao Youwen, Chen Yinjia and son Kun, Liu Rui, Jian Yi, He Chong, Xu Biao and grandson Zhang Gui, Jin Wende, Cao Gan, Hu Shiquan, Pang Yanhai, Jiang Yanqing, Shi Jijian of Chenlong, Wang Yi, Qin Ju of Licheng History of Song 宋史 — count: 90
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 87
• 卷二百九十五 列傳第一百八十三 忠義七 Volume 295 Biographies 183: Loyal Officials 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 85
• 卷二百八十九 列傳第一百七十七 忠義一 Volume 289 Biographies 177: Loyal Officials 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 79

Collocations

• 归死 (歸死) 臣歸死於司敗也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 6
• 不如死 (不如死) 不如死之久矣 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧蓼莪 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Liao E — count: 6
• 多死 (多死) 多死 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 君死 (君死) 君死安歸 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 死君 (死君) 其為死君乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 死矢 (死矢) 之死矢靡它 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧柏舟 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Bo Zhou — count: 4
• 爱死 (愛死) 敢愛死以亂官乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
• 死麕 (死麕) 野有死麕 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧野有死麕 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Ye You Si Jun — count: 4
• 知死 (知死) 毋畏知死 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3
• 获死 (穫死) 吾未獲死所 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3