HSK 6 · Body

死亡 sǐwáng “death” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 死亡 means

  1. death
  2. to die

How to say 死亡

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale死sǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale亡wáng2nd tone, rising

死亡 in a sentence

  1. 他害怕死亡。

    Tā hàipà sǐwáng.

    He is afraid of death.

    Sentence #435362 from Tatoeba

  2. 爱情比死亡更强大。

    Àiqíng bǐ sǐwáng gèng qiángdà.

    Love is more powerful than death.

    Sentence #390550 from Tatoeba

  3. 我们常把黑色跟死亡联系起来。

    Wǒmen cháng bǎ hēisè gēn sǐwáng liánxì qǐlai.

    We often associate black with death.

    Sentence #335314 from Tatoeba

How 死亡 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 死 (sǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
死sǐto die
  • 歹death · dǎi
  • 匕spoon · bǐ
The character 亡 (wáng) drawn as one shape
亡wángto die

亡 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 死亡

死 6 strokes · 亡 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

死亡 (sǐwáng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 死亡 (sǐwáng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 死亡

Words with 死

死sǐ · to die

Words with 亡

灭亡mièwáng · to perish

More words: People, Body & Health

尸体shītǐ · corpse视线shìxiàn · line of sight手势shǒushì · gesture衰老shuāilǎo · to grow old四肢sìzhī · limbs苏醒sūxǐng · to regain consciousness瘫痪tānhuàn · paralysed维生素wéishēngsù · vitamin

FAQs

死亡 (sǐwáng) means “death” or “to die”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it sǐwáng: sǐ with a 3rd tone, then wáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 死亡 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type siwang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 死亡 from the suggestions. Typing siwang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
死亡 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.