= s + Ø3
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned
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How to pronounce 死

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= s initial

Socrates.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ Ø3 final

In the space station’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

死 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= bi + Ø3
dagger / ladle / ancient type of spoon
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dǎi = d + ai3
bad / wicked / evil / Kangxi radical 78
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Characters with 死 as component

= bi + Ø4
to collapse / variant of 斃|毙[bi4] / variant of 獙[bi4]
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= bi + Ø4
to die / to shoot dead / to reject / to fall forward / (suffix) to death
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zàng = z + ang4
old variant of 葬[zang4]
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Words with 死

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dead person / (coll.) to die / (of a death) to happen
dead person / (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen

Sentences with 死

gāi
de
 
 
gāi
de

Want to remember 死 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned

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