撞死

zhuàngsǐ

verb

Meanings

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

Characters

to hit, collide

Examples

HSK 2

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.

HSK 3

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 (beat to death), 烧死 (burn to death), 饿死 (starve to death).

Stroke Order

撞 zhuàng

死 sǐ