死亡

sǐwáng

noun HSK 6 #735

Meanings

1 death; mortality
2 to die; to perish

Characters

to die; death; dead

to perish; to die; to flee

Death and perishing — the formal term for death.

Examples

这场事故造成了三人死亡。

Zhè chǎng shìgù zàochéng le sān rén sǐwáng.

This accident caused three deaths.

死亡率在下降。

Sǐwánglǜ zài xiàjiàng.

The mortality rate is declining.

他不惧怕死亡。

Tā bú jùpà sǐwáng.

He is not afraid of death.

死亡是自然规律。

Sǐwáng shì zìrán guīlǜ.

Death is a law of nature.

Tips

usage

死亡 is the formal/neutral term for death, used in news, medicine, and official contexts. In everyday speech, 死 (sǐ) alone is used but is considered blunt. Euphemisms include 去世 (qùshì, to pass away) and 过世 (guòshì).

Stroke Order

死 sǐ

亡 wáng