Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 死锁
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
锁suǒold variant of 鎖|锁[suo3]; to lock; to lock up; a lock (CL:把[ba3])
死亡sǐwángto die; death
封锁fēngsuǒto blockade; to seal off; to lock down
救死扶伤jiùsǐ-fúshāngto help the dying and heal the injured
连锁liánsuǒto interlock; to be linked; chain (store etc)