死亡 meaning in English

sǐwáng

to die; death

HSK 6verb9 strokes

Meaning of 死亡

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

sǐwáng

to die
death

How to use 死亡

死亡 is formal and impersonal. It appears in news, medicine, statistics and law, often as a noun, as in 死亡人数 (death toll). Example: 事故造成三人死亡。(Shìgù zàochéng sān rén sǐwáng.) The accident caused three deaths.

死 (sǐ) means to die and 亡 (wáng) also means to perish or be lost. Two characters with the same idea stack together, so 死亡 is the full, formal word for death.

Common mistake: Learners use 死亡 for a friend's or relative's passing, which sounds cold and clinical. In everyday speech say 去世 (qùshì) or 走了 (zǒu le) instead. Also, 死亡 does not take an object, so you cannot say 死亡他.

死亡 in example sentences

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

没méi什shén么me比bǐ死sǐ亡wáng更gèng可kě怕pà。

There is nothing scarier than death.

他tā们men一yí个gè一yí个gè死sǐ亡wáng。

They died one after another.

他tā因yīn交jiāo通tōng事shì故gù死sǐ亡wáng。

He was killed in a car accident.

从cóng出chū生shēng的de一yī刻kè开kāi始shǐ，我wǒ们men就jiù在zài步bù向xiàng死sǐ亡wáng。

As soon as man is born, he begins to die.

死sǐ亡wáng时shí间jiān是shì？

What was the time of death?

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

死 sǐ · to die · 6 strokes

亡 wáng · death · 3 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 死亡.

伤亡	shāngwáng	casualties; injuries and deaths
生死	shēngsǐ	life or death
逃亡	táowáng	to flee; to go into exile
灭亡	mièwáng	to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
死心	sǐxīn	to give up; to admit failure
死心塌地	sǐxīn-tādì	to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
亡羊补牢	wángyáng-bǔláo	lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly
该死	gāisǐ	Damn it!; damned
杀死	shāsǐ	to kill
死去	sǐqù	to die
打死	dǎsǐ	to kill; to beat to death
要死	yàosǐ	extremely; awfully

Questions about 死亡

What does 死亡 mean?

死亡 (sǐwáng) means "to die; death" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 死亡?

死亡 is made of 2 characters: 死 (6 strokes), 亡 (3 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 死亡 an HSK word?

Yes. 死亡 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

What is the difference between 死 and 死亡?

死 is the everyday single-character verb and is common in speech, as in 我的鱼死了 (my fish died). 死亡 is formal and works well as a noun. It is usually not used with 了 in casual sentences.

How is 死亡 different from 伤亡?

死亡 counts only deaths. 伤亡 (shāngwáng) means casualties and covers both injuries and deaths, so 伤亡人数 is larger than or equal to 死亡人数.