丧命

喪命

sàngmìng

verb #6,830

Meanings

Hěn duō rén zài nà cì shìgù zhōng sàngmìng.

Many people lost their lives in that accident.

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 (sǐ) is more common.

usage

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

丧 sāng

命 mìng