上吊 meaning in English

shàngdiào

to hang oneself

9 strokes

Meaning of 上吊

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shàngdiào
  1. to hang oneself

上吊 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ向xiàng他tā的de朋péng友yǒu吐tǔ露lù他tā要yào上shàng吊diào自zì杀shā。
Tom confided in his friend that he was going to hang himself.
他tā上shàng吊diào自zì杀shā了le。
He committed suicide by hanging himself.
灯dēng笼lóng在zài树shù枝zhī上shàng吊diào着zhe。
The lamp was suspended from the branch of a tree.
如rú果guǒ非fēi要yào我wǒ当dāng你nǐ的de丈zhàng夫fū,我wǒ宁nìng愿yuàn上shàng吊diào死sǐ在zài第dì一yī棵kē树shù上shàng。
If I had to be your husband, I'd rather hang myself on the first tree.

Stroke order for each character

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上 shàng · up · 3 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3

吊 diào · to suspend · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 上吊.

马上mǎshàngat once; right away
晚上wǎnshangevening; night
身上shēnshangon the body; at hand
早上zǎoshangearly morning
上次shàng cìlast time
路上lùshangon the road; on the way; en route
上班shàngbānto go to work; to be on duty
上车shàng chēto get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
地上dìshangon the ground; on the floor
楼上lóu shàngupstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
车上chē shang
上学shàngxuéto go to school; to attend school

Questions about 上吊

What does 上吊 mean?

上吊 (shàngdiào) means "to hang oneself".

How do you write 上吊?

上吊 is made of 2 characters: 上 (3 strokes), 吊 (6 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.