吊 弔
吊弔 in English
- a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of 吊[diao4]
How it used to be written
These are the forms of 弔, the traditional character: 吊 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 23 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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他上吊自杀了。
He committed suicide by hanging himself.
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你里面要搭一件白色的吊带。
You should compliment it with a white camisole.
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吊带是最安全的。
Suspenders are safest.
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多么漂亮的小吊坠啊！
What a beautiful locket!
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她的这件吊带蕾丝睡衣很漂亮。
She has this pretty lace nightgown with straps.
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如果非要我当你的丈夫，我宁愿上吊死在第一棵树上。
If I had to be your husband, I'd rather hang myself on the first tree.
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我茕茕孑立，形影相吊。
I was alone.
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汤姆向他的朋友吐露他要上吊自杀。
Tom confided in his friend that he was going to hang himself.