上吊 (shàng diào) — to hang oneself (by suicide)

Definition

Examples

• 他在监狱里上了吊。
  Tā zài jiān yù lǐ shàng le diào.
  He hanged himself in prison.
• 这个人因为欠债太多，最后选择了上吊。
  Zhè ge rén yīn wèi qiàn zhài tài duō, zuì hòu xuǎn zé le shàng diào.
  This person chose to hang himself because of too much debt.
• 听说那个老人上吊自杀了。
  Tīng shuō nà ge lǎo rén shàng diào zì shā le.
  I heard that old man hanged himself.

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