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死讯

sǐxùn

news of sb's death

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

news of sb's death

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 死讯 actually appears in real sentences.

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她读了信,由此得知他的死讯。tā dú le xìn, yóu cǐ dé zhī tā de sǐ xùn。

She read the letter, and so she came to learn that he was dead.

知道国王的死讯后,全国上下都很伤心。zhī dào guó wáng de sǐ xùn hòu, quán guó shàng xià dōu hěn shāng xīn。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 死讯.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 死讯.

Directly before

  • 的死讯2

Directly after

  • 死讯后1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 死讯

What does 死讯 mean in Chinese?

死讯 (sǐxùn) means news of sb's death.

How do you pronounce 死讯?

死讯 is pronounced sǐxùn.

Is 死讯 an HSK word?

死讯 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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