恨死 (hènsǐ): to hate to death; to absolutely detest

Meanings

1 to hate to death; to absolutely detest
2 to hate intensely (intensified form of 恨)

Characters

恨

to die; dead (used as intensifier)

Examples

我恨死这种天气了。

Wǒ hènsǐ zhè zhǒng tiānqì le.

I absolutely hate this kind of weather.

她恨死他了。

Tā hènsǐ tā le.

She hates him to death.

Tips

grammar

死 (sǐ) after a verb or adjective acts as an intensifier meaning 'to death; extremely.' This is a very common colloquial pattern: 累死了 (exhausted), 热死了 (boiling hot), 烦死了 (annoyed to death).

Stroke Order

恨 hèn

死 sǐ

Related Words

恨 hèn HSK 5 #985

to hate; to detest / to regret; to resent

生死 shēngsǐ HSK 7 #4,657

life and death / life-and-death

憎恨 zēnghèn #5,264

to hate / to detest / to loathe

死神 sǐshén #5,345

Grim Reaper / Death (personified) / god of death

死 sǐ HSK 3 #103

to die; death / dead; deadly / extremely; to death (intensifier)

痛恨 tònghèn #7,300

to detest; to loathe; to bitterly hate

处死 chǔsǐ #7,595

to execute (a person) / to put to death / to sentence to death

死因 sǐyīn #4,137

cause of death

死刑 sǐxíng #2,934

death penalty / capital punishment

致死 zhìsǐ #5,822

to cause death / to be fatal / lethal