垂死 meaning in English

chuísǐ

dying

14 strokes

Meaning of 垂死

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chuísǐ
  1. dying

垂死 in example sentences

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

有yǒu着zhe火huǒ的de汽qì车chē和hé垂chuí死sǐ的de人rén,而ér且qiě没méi有yǒu人rén能néng帮bāng得de上shàng忙máng。
There were cars burning, people dying, and nobody could help them.

Stroke order for each character

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垂 chuí · to hang · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
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  8. 8

死 sǐ · to die · 6 strokes

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

Related words

Words that share a character with 垂死.

死亡sǐwángto die; death
生死shēngsǐlife or death
死心sǐxīnto give up; to admit failure
垂头丧气chuítóu-sàngqìhanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen
死心塌地sǐxīn-tādìto be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
该死gāisǐDamn it!; damned
杀死shāsǐto kill
死去sǐqùto die
打死dǎsǐto kill; to beat to death
要死yàosǐextremely; awfully
死者sǐzhěthe dead; the deceased
害死hàisǐto kill; to cause death

Questions about 垂死

What does 垂死 mean?

垂死 (chuísǐ) means "dying".

How do you write 垂死?

垂死 is made of 2 characters: 垂 (8 strokes), 死 (6 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.