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冻死

凍死
dòngsǐ
verb #7,966

Meanings

  1. 1 to freeze to death
  2. 2 to be freezing cold

Examples

HSK 3
那个冬天，很多人被冻死了。
Nàge dōngtiān, hěnduō rén bèi dòngsǐ le.
That winter, many people froze to death.
HSK 3
外面太冷了，我快冻死了!
Wàimiàn tài lěng le, wǒ kuài dòngsǐ le!
It's so cold outside, I'm freezing to death!
HSK 4
把暖气打开吧，我都要冻死了。
Bǎ nuǎnqì dǎkāi ba, wǒ dōu yào dòngsǐ le.
Turn on the heater; I'm about to freeze to death.

Tips

grammar
The verb + 死 pattern is common in Chinese: it can mean literally dying from something (冻死 = freeze to death) or be used as hyperbole (我快冻死了 = I'm freezing!). Other examples: 饿死 (starve), 累死 (exhausted), 热死 (boiling hot).

Stroke Order

冻 dòng
死 sǐ