死讯 meaning in English

sǐxùn

news of sb's death

Traditional 死訊11 strokes

Meaning of 死讯

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

sǐxùn
  1. news of sb's death

死讯 in example sentences

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

她tā读dú了le信xìn,由yóu此cǐ得dé知zhī他tā的de死sǐ讯xùn。
She read the letter, and so she came to learn that he was dead.

Stroke order for each character

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死 sǐ · to die · 6 strokes

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

讯 xùn · news · 5 strokes

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

Related words

Words that share a character with 死讯.

死亡sǐwángto die; death
通讯tōngxùncommunications; news story
生死shēngsǐlife or death
资讯zīxùninformation
死心sǐxīnto give up; to admit failure
电讯diànxùntelecommunications; telecom
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

Questions about 死讯

What does 死讯 mean?

死讯 (sǐxùn) means "news of sb's death".

How do you write 死讯?

死讯 is made of 2 characters: 死 (6 strokes), 讯 (5 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

How is 死讯 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 死讯 is written 死訊.