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死活 meaning in English

sǐhuó

life or death; fate

15 strokes

Meaning of 死活

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

sǐhuó
  1. life or death
  2. fate
  3. no matter what
  4. anyway
  5. for the life of me

死活 in example sentences

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

要yào是shì我wǒ知zhī道dào会huì发fā生shēng这zhè种zhǒng事shì，那nà我wǒ死sǐ活huó不bù同tóng意yì。
If I'd known that it would come to this, I would have never consented.
汤tāng姆mǔ不bù知zhī道dào玛mǎ丽lì的de死sǐ活huó。
Tom doesn't know if Mary is dead or alive.
她tā的de地dì址zhǐ死sǐ活huó想xiǎng不bù起qǐ来lái。
I can't for the life of me remember her address.

Stroke order for each character

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

死 sǐ · to die · 6 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
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  5. 5
  6. 6

活 huó · to live · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
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  8. 8
  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 死活.

生活shēnghuóto live; life
活动huódòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
干活儿gànhuórerhua variant of 幹活|干活[gan4 huo2]
活力huólìenergy; vitality
快活kuàihuohappy; cheerful
活泼huópōlively; vivacious
死亡sǐwángto die; death
活跃huóyuèactive; lively
灵活línghuóflexible; nimble
生活费shēnghuófèicost of living; living expenses
复活fùhuóto revive; (lit. and fig.) to come back to life
生死shēngsǐlife or death

Questions about 死活

What does 死活 mean?

死活 (sǐhuó) means "life or death; fate".

How do you write 死活?

死活 is made of 2 characters: 死 (6 strokes), 活 (9 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.