Chinese word dictionary

弄死

nòng sǐ · to kill; to put to death

Practice word

Word information

Simplified弄死

Traditional弄死

Pinyinnòng sǐ

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

弄nòng

to do; to mock, to tease; to play with

死sǐ

dead; death; impassable, inflexible

How to learn 弄死

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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弄nòng

old variant of 弄[nong4]; to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with

死sǐ

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

死亡sǐwáng

to die; death

嘲弄cháonòng

to tease; to poke fun at; to make fun of

救死扶伤jiùsǐ-fúshāng

to help the dying and heal the injured

弄虚作假nòngxū-zuòjiǎ

to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery