撞死 (zhuàngsǐ): to knock down and kill (with a…

Meanings

1 to knock down and kill (with a vehicle)
2 to run over and kill
3 to be killed by collision

Characters

撞

Examples

他开车不小心撞死了一只狗。

Tā kāichē bù xiǎoxīn zhuàngsǐ le yī zhī gǒu.

He carelessly ran over and killed a dog while driving.

司机被火车撞死了。

Sījī bèi huǒchē zhuàngsǐ le.

The driver was struck and killed by the train.

Tips

grammar

撞 (to hit/collide) + 死 (to die) is a resultative verb compound: the action of 撞 produces the result 死. Same pattern as 打死 (dǎsǐ, beat to death), 烧死 (shāosǐ, burn to death), 饿死 (èsǐ, starve to death).

Stroke Order

撞 zhuàng

死 sǐ

Related Words

撞人 zhuàngrén

to hit a person (with a vehicle) / to knock someone down

撞倒 zhuàngdǎo #26,181

to knock down / to knock over / to run over (someone)

撞 zhuàng HSK 5 #959

to bump into; to collide with / to run into (someone by accident); to meet by chance

撞到 zhuàngdào

to bump into / to collide with / to run into (also figuratively)

撞见 zhuàngjiàn #10,039

to run into; to meet by accident / to catch someone in the act

撞击 zhuàngjī HSK 7 #5,801

to strike; to collide with / to impact; to ram into

撞伤 zhuàngshāng #32,171

to bruise; to injure by collision / to bump and get hurt; to hit and injure

杀死 shāsǐ #981

to kill / to put to death

撞晕鸡 zhuàngyūnjī

someone running around in a daze; a headless-chicken type blundering around in confusion

撞色 zhuàngsè

color blocking / contrasting colors / (of two items) to clash in color