He tried to drown himself in his bathtub.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
溺死
to drown
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to drown
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 溺死 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 溺死 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The child knows how to swim, so she won't drown in the water.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 溺死.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 溺死.
Directly before
- 水里溺死1
- 里溺死1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
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 溺死
What does 溺死 mean in Chinese?
溺死 (nìsǐ) means to drown.
How do you pronounce 溺死?
溺死 is pronounced nìsǐ.
Is 溺死 an HSK word?
溺死 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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