打 dǎ to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from syn 尸体 屍體 shī tǐ corpse / dead body syn 开枪 開槍 kāi qiāng to open fire / to shoot a gun syn 死者 sǐ zhě the dead / the deceased syn 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 拍摄 拍攝 pāi shè to take (a picture) / to shoot (a film) syn 发射 發射 fā shè to shoot (a projectile) / to fire (a rocket) / to launch / to emit (a particle) / to discharge / emanation / emission syn 射击 射擊 shè jī to shoot / to fire (a gun) syn 枪击 槍擊 qiāng jī to shoot with a gun / shooting incident syn 摄影 攝影 shè yǐng to take a photograph / photography / to shoot (a movie) syn 死人 sǐ rén dead person / (coll.) to die / (of a death) to happen syn 吹牛 chuī niú to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect) syn 遗体 遺體 yí tǐ remains (of a dead person) syn 再生 zài shēng to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration syn 死尸 死屍 sǐ shī corpse / dead body syn 射门 射門 shè mén (soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal 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 死胡同 sǐ hú tòng dead end / blind alley syn 投篮 投籃 tóu lán to shoot for the basket (basketball) 狙击 狙擊 jū jī to snipe (shoot from hiding) syn 击落 擊落 jī luò to shoot down (a plane) 起死回生 qǐ sǐ huí shēng to rise from the dead (idiom) / fig. an unexpected recovery syn 打下 dǎ xià to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc) syn 多嘴 duō zuǐ talkative / to speak out of turn / to blab / to shoot one's mouth off / rumors fly syn 尸骨 屍骨 shī gǔ skeleton of the dead syn 安葬 ān zàng to bury (the dead) syn 饶舌 饒舌 ráo shé talkative / to blather / to shoot one's mouth off / rap (genre of music) syn 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 死路 sǐ lù dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster syn 陪葬 péi zàng to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) syn 遗骸 遺骸 yí hái (dead) human remains syn 死伤 死傷 sǐ shāng casualties / dead and injured syn 颅骨 顱骨 lú gǔ skull (of a dead body) syn 死气沉沉 死氣沉沉 sǐ qì chén chén dead atmosphere / lifeless / spiritless syn 拍戏 拍戲 pāi xì to shoot a movie 落叶 落葉 luò yè dead leaves / to lose leaves (of plants) / deciduous 弹射 彈射 tán shè to catapult / to launch / to eject (from a plane) / to shoot syn 尸首 屍首 shī shou corpse / carcass / dead body syn 射箭 shè jiàn archery / to shoot an arrow 假死 jiǎ sǐ suspended animation / feigned death / to play dead syn 死角 sǐ jiǎo gap in coverage / gap in protection or defenses / neglected or overlooked area / dead end 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 末路 mò lù dead end / impasse / end of the road / final days syn 异物 異物 yì wù rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form syn 激增 jī zēng to increase rapidly / to shoot up syn 遗骨 遺骨 yí gǔ (dead) human remains syn 兵马俑 兵馬俑 bīng mǎ yǒng figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead / Terracotta Army (historic site) syn 尸身 shī shēn corpse / dead body syn 百发百中 百發百中 bǎi fā bǎi zhòng lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits / to carry out a task with great precision / to shoot with unfailing accuracy / be a crack shot (idiom) syn 扫墓 掃墓 sǎo mù to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) syn 家破人亡 jiā pò rén wáng family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom) / ruined and orphaned / destitute and homeless syn 左右开弓 左右開弓 zuǒ yòu kāi gōng lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom) / fig. to display ambidexterity / to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession / to use both feet equally (football) syn 千古 qiān gǔ for all eternity / throughout all ages / eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead) syn 夜深人静 夜深人靜 yè shēn rén jìng in the dead of night (idiom) syn 幽魂 yōu hún ghost / spirit (of the dead) syn 萌发 萌發 méng fā to sprout / to shoot / to bud syn 枯叶 枯葉 kū yè dead leaf / withered leaf 死海 sǐ hǎi the Dead Sea 白骨 bái gǔ bones 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 竹笋 竹筍 zhú sǔn bamboo shoot syn 百步穿杨 百步穿楊 bǎi bù chuān yáng to shoot with great precision (idiom) syn 正当中 正當中 zhèng dāng zhōng dead center / the very middle syn 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 陶俑 táo yǒng a pottery figurine buried with the dead 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 没了 沒了 méi le to be dead / not to be, or cease to exist 去死 qù sǐ go to hell! / drop dead! 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 晕死 暈死 yūn sǐ Geez! / Shoot! / No way! 不在了 bù zài le to be dead / to have passed away 拍片 pāi piàn to shoot a film / to have a medical imaging procedure 没电 沒電 méi diàn discharged / flat / dead (of batteries) 喷火 噴火 pēn huǒ to shoot flames / to erupt (of volcanoes) / flaming (of flowers) 死心塌地 sǐ xīn tā dì to be hell-bent on / dead set on sth / unswerving 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) 早死 zǎo sǐ to die while still relatively young / to have been dead (for some years) 枯木 kū mù dead tree 爆头 爆頭 bào tóu (neologism) (slang) (often used in video gaming) to shoot sb in the head / headshot 深更半夜 shēn gēng bàn yè in the dead of night (idiom) syn 纸钱 紙錢 zhǐ qián ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead 逝者 shì zhě the dead / the deceased 酩酊大醉 mǐng dǐng dà zuì dead drunk / as drunk as a lord syn 新芽 xīn yá new shoot / new sprout 格杀勿论 格殺勿論 gé shā wù lùn shoot to kill 烂醉 爛醉 làn zuì dead drunk / completely drunk 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 蒜苗 suàn miáo garlic shoot / garlic sprouts syn 茭白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot syn 倒毙 倒斃 dǎo bì to fall dead 拍 pāi to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music) syn 挂 掛 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 syn 射 shè to shoot / to launch / to allude to / radio- (chemistry) syn 弹 彈 tán to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials) syn 