丧命

喪命

sàngmìng

verb #6,830

Meanings

HSK 5

很多人在那次事故中丧命。

Hěnduō rén zài nà cì shìgù zhōng sàngmìng.

Many people lost their lives in that accident.

HSK 7-9

他差点在战场上丧命。

Tā chàdiǎn zài zhànchǎng shàng sàngmìng.

He almost lost his life on the battlefield.

丧命 is a formal, literary way to say 'to die.' In everyday speech, 死 is more common.

usage

Often used in news reports and written Chinese to describe deaths in accidents, disasters, or conflicts.

丧 sāng

命 mìng