扼死 (è sǐ) — to strangle; to choke to death | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to strangleto choke to death

Examples

扼死。
Xiōng shǒu yòng shǒu è sǐ le shòu hài zhě.
The murderer strangled the victim with his hands.
扼死。
Zhè zhǒng zá cǎo huì bǎ yòu miáo è sǐ.
This kind of weed will choke the seedlings to death.
扼死。
Kǒng bù diàn yǐng lǐ de guài wu xiǎng è sǐ zhǔ jué.
The monster in the horror movie tries to strangle the protagonist.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

扼èstrangle

扼 means to grip or strangle, and 死 gives the result of death.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌厄扼

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

厄

厄è扼è

Same sound today

The left side is 扌, a hand; the right side is 厄, which gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

尸

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

死 is built from 歹 and 尸: 歹 is the part tied to the meaning, and 尸 gives the sound.

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