烧死

燒死

shāosǐ

verb

Meanings

1 to burn to death
2 to be burned to death

Characters

Examples

大火把房子里的人烧死了。

Dàhuǒ bǎ fángzi lǐ de rén shāosǐ le.

The fire burned the people inside the house to death.

古代有人因异端信仰被烧死。

Gǔdài yǒurén yīn yìduān xìnyǎng bèi shāosǐ.

In ancient times, some people were burned to death for heretical beliefs.

Tips

grammar

烧 (burn) + 死 (die) is a resultative verb compound: the burning results in death. Standard Chinese verb+result pattern, like 打死 (beat to death), 淹死 (drown).

Stroke Order

烧 shāo

死 sǐ