Chinese word dictionary

赐死

cì sǐ · (of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide (in lieu of execution)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified赐死

Traditional賜死

Pinyincì sǐ

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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

赐cì

to give; to bestow a favor; to appoint

死sǐ

dead; death; impassable, inflexible

How to learn 赐死

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.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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死sǐ

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

死亡sǐwáng

to die; death

赐cì

(bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant; (literary) gift; favor; Taiwan pr. [si4]

赐教cìjiào

(honorific) to impart one's wisdom; to enlighten

救死扶伤jiùsǐ-fúshāng

to help the dying and heal the injured

生死shēngsǐ

life or death