自杀

自殺

zì shā

HSK 5freq #2864

Meanings

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zì shā

1.to kill oneself
2.to commit suicide
3.to attempt suicide

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Wiktionary

1.to commit suicide; to kill oneself; to take one's own life
2.(of the buyer) to cut a fruit, etc., especially a pineapple oneself (instead of asking the vendor to do it)

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Etymology

The sense of "cutting a fruit" is influenced by Hokkien 刣 (thâi, “to cut open or to kill”).

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Stroke order

Components

自目㇔

杀乂朩

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Characters

Example sentences

他自杀了。
He committed suicide.
她企图自杀。
She attempted suicide.
她企图自杀。
She tried to kill herself.
她企图自杀。
She tried to commit suicide.
她昨天自杀了。
She killed herself yesterday.
为什么人们会自杀?
Why do people commit suicide?

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Derived terms

切腹自殺切腹自杀剖腹自殺剖腹自杀協助自殺协助自杀慢性自殺慢性自杀畏罪自殺畏罪自杀自殺式自杀式自殺意念自杀意念被自殺被自杀輔助自殺辅助自杀

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Related words

自杀式 suicide (attack)被自杀 a death claimed to be a suicide by the authorities 畏罪自杀 to commit suicide to escape punishment 剖腹自杀 hara-kiri 自杀式炸弹 a suicide bomb 自杀式爆炸 suicide bombing