死死

sǐsǐ

adverb #24,563

Meanings

1 firmly
2 tightly
3 rigidly
4 tenaciously
5 with an iron grip

Characters

dead / extremely / to the utmost (intensifier)

reduplication for emphasis — rigidly / firmly

Examples

他死死抓住绳子，不肯放手。

Tā sǐsǐ zhuā zhù shéngzi, bùkěn fàngshǒu.

He held the rope with an iron grip and refused to let go.

她死死盯着那封信，一句话也说不出来。

Tā sǐsǐ dīng zhe nà fēng xìn, yī jù huà yě shuō bù chūlái.

She stared fixedly at the letter and couldn't say a word.

Tips

memory

死死 is a reduplicated intensifier from 死 (dead/extremely). Think: holding on so hard that even death wouldn't make you let go.

Stroke Order

死 sǐ