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Chinese Pinyin Translation
死者 sǐ zhě the dead / the deceased syn
异物 異物 yì wù rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form syn
没电 沒電 méi diàn discharged / flat / dead (of batteries)
逝者 shì zhě the dead / the deceased
Chinese Pinyin Translation
具 jù tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies syn
尸体 屍體 shī tǐ n. corpse / dead body syn
好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead syn
再生 zài shēng v. to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration syn
幽魂 yōu hún ghost / spirit (of the dead) syn
明日黄花 明日黃花 míng rì huáng huā lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter syn
挂 掛 guà v. to hang / to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried / to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital) / to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill / to die / to be finished / to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects syn
没了 沒了 méi le to be dead / not to be, or cease to exist
死人 sǐ rén dead person / (coll.) to die / (of a death) to happen syn
落叶 落葉 luò yè dead leaves / to lose leaves (of plants) / deciduous
千古 qiān gǔ for all eternity / throughout all ages / eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead) syn
去死 qù sǐ go to hell! / drop dead!
遗体 遺體 yí tǐ n. remains (of a dead person) syn
靖国神社 靖國神社 jìng guó shén shè Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals
死伤 死傷 sǐ shāng casualties / dead and injured syn
击毙 擊斃 jī bì to kill / to shoot dead
白骨 bái gǔ bones of the dead syn
半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb syn
死角 sǐ jiǎo gap in coverage / gap in protection or defenses / neglected or overlooked area / dead end
不在了 bù zài le to be dead / to have passed away
死路 sǐ lù dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster syn
夜深人静 夜深人靜 yè shēn rén jìng in the dead of night (idiom) syn
枪毙 槍斃 qiāng bì v. to execute by firing squad / to shoot dead / fig. to discard / to get rid of syn
死尸 死屍 sǐ shī corpse / dead body syn
兵马俑 兵馬俑 bīng mǎ yǒng figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead / Terracotta Army (historic site) syn
安葬 ān zàng to bury (the dead) syn
尸骨 屍骨 shī gǔ skeleton of the dead syn
枪杀 槍殺 qiāng shā to shoot dead
风平浪静 風平浪靜 fēng píng làng jìng lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom) / tranquil environment / all is quiet / a dead calm (at sea) syn
射杀 射殺 shè shā to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow)
痛不欲生 tòng bù yù shēng to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead syn
死心塌地 sǐ xīn tā dì to be hell-bent on / dead set on sth / unswerving syn
起死回生 qǐ sǐ huí shēng to rise from the dead (idiom) / fig. an unexpected recovery syn
清明节 清明節 qīng míng jié Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
尸首 屍首 shī shou corpse / carcass / dead body syn
枯叶 枯葉 kū yè dead leaf / withered leaf
陪葬 péi zàng to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) syn
扫墓 掃墓 sǎo mù v. to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) syn
尸身 shī shēn corpse / dead body syn
末路 mò lù dead end / impasse / end of the road / final days syn
死气沉沉 死氣沉沉 sǐ qì chén chén dead atmosphere / lifeless / spiritless syn
早死 zǎo sǐ to die while still relatively young / to have been dead (for some years)
家破人亡 jiā pò rén wáng family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom) / ruined and orphaned / destitute and homeless syn
死胡同 sǐ hú tòng dead end / blind alley syn
假死 jiǎ sǐ suspended animation / feigned death / to play dead syn
枯木 kū mù dead tree
死海 sǐ hǎi the Dead Sea
深更半夜 shēn gēng bàn yè in the dead of night (idiom) syn
颅骨 顱骨 lú gǔ skull (of a dead body) syn
遗骸 遺骸 yí hái (dead) human remains syn
纸钱 紙錢 zhǐ qián ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead
酩酊大醉 mǐng dǐng dà zuì dead drunk / as drunk as a lord syn
烂醉 爛醉 làn zuì dead drunk / completely drunk
遗骨 遺骨 yí gǔ (dead) human remains syn
倒卧 倒臥 dǎo wò to lie down / to drop dead
幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
载重量 載重量 zài zhòng liàng dead weight / weight capacity of a vehicle
殉葬 xùn zàng (of servants etc) to be buried alive with the deceased / (of utensils etc) to be buried with the dead syn
倒毙 倒斃 dǎo bì to fall dead
陶俑 táo yǒng a pottery figurine buried with the dead
正当中 正當中 zhèng dāng zhōng dead center / the very middle syn
死点 死點 sǐ diǎn (mechanical engineering) dead point / dead center / see 止點|止点[zhi3dian3]
鸡飞蛋打 雞飛蛋打 jī fēi dàn dǎ the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom) syn
入殓 入殮 rù liàn to put dead body in coffin syn
故 gù adv., conj. happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead syn
冥婚 míng hūn posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)
葬 zàng v. to bury (the dead) / to inter syn
挽 輓 wǎn v. to pull / to draw (a cart or a bow) / to roll up / to coil / to carry on the arm / to lament the dead / (fig.) to pull against / to recover / to draw (a cart) syn
奠 diàn to fix / to settle / a libation to the dead syn
敛 斂 liàn to prepare a dead body for coffin / variant of 殮|殓[lian4] syn
殉 xùn to be buried with the dead / to die for a cause syn
髅 髏 lóu (literary) skull (of a dead person) / used in 髑髏|髑髅[du2lou2] and 骷髏|骷髅[ku1lou2]
俑 yǒng wooden figures buried with the dead syn
槁 gǎo dried up (wood) / dead tree
殓 殮 liàn to prepare a dead body for coffin syn
殇 殤 shāng to die in childhood / war dead syn
诔 誄 lěi to eulogize the dead / eulogy syn
髑 dú (literary) skull (of a dead person) / used in 髑髏|髑髅[du2lou2]
藁 gǎo dried up / dried up (wood) / dead tree / variant of 槁[gao3]
踣 bó (literary) to tumble / to fall down / (literary) to fall dead syn
罣 guà to hang / to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried / to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital) / to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill / to die / to be finished / to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects / variant of 掛|挂[gua4]
輓 wǎn to pull / to draw (a cart or a bow) / to roll up / to coil / to carry on the arm / to lament the dead / (fig.) to pull against / to recover / to draw (a cart) / variant of 挽 / to draw (a cart) / an elegy (for use in funeral procession) / to turn (change direction)
胔 zì rotten meat / bones of dead animal
死无对证 死無對證 sǐ wú duì zhèng the dead cannot testify (idiom) / dead men tell no tales
冢中枯骨 塚中枯骨 zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ dried bones in burial mound (idiom) / dead and buried
室迩人遐 室邇人遐 shì ěr rén xiá to long for sb far away / to grieve over the dead
日暮途穷 日暮途窮 rì mù tú qióng sunset, the end of the road (idiom) / in terminal decline / at a dead end syn
死而不僵 sǐ ér bù jiāng dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis / to die hard (idiom) / to die yet not be vanquished (idiom)
死马当活马医 死馬當活馬醫 sǐ mǎ dāng huó mǎ yī lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom) / fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation
烂醉如泥 爛醉如泥 làn zuì rú ní (idiom) to be dead drunk / to be plastered syn
生死肉骨 shēng sǐ ròu gǔ lit. the dead returning to life / a miracle (idiom)
穷途末路 窮途末路 qióng tú mò lù lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom) / an impasse / in a plight with no way out / things have reached a dead end syn
着手成春 著手成春 zhuó shǒu chéng chūn lit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom) / to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation) / to bring back the dead / once it starts, everything goes well
虽死犹生 雖死猶生 suī sǐ yóu shēng lit. although dead, as if still alive (idiom) / still with us in spirit
靡有孑遗 靡有孑遺 mǐ yǒu jié yí all dead and no survivors
死心踏地 sǐ xīn tà dì to be hell-bent on / dead set on sth / unswerving / see 死心塌地[si3 xin1 ta1 di4]
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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