毙 (bì): to die, to shoot dead, to reject
毙 (bì) is a Chinese character meaning “to die.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 比 (phonetic) and 死 (semantic). It ranks #2441 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 毙 death. Its radical form 比 (compare) appears in many related characters such as 比 (bǐ, Belgium), 毕 (bì, the whole of).
Definitions
- to die
- to shoot dead
- to reject
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 击毙verb | jī bì | to kill |
| 枪毙verb | qiāng bì | to execute by firing squad |
| 坐以待毙phrase | zuò yǐ dài bì | to sit and wait for death (idiom) |
| 毙命verb | bì mìng | to meet violent death |
| 多行不义必自毙proverb | duō xíng bù yì bì zì bì | persisting in evil brings about self-destruction (idiom) |
| 束手就毙 | shù shǒu jiù bì | hands tied and expecting the worst |
| 束手待毙phrase | shù shǒu dài bì | to wait helplessly for death (idiom) |
| 倒毙verb | dǎo bì | to fall dead |
| 待毙verb | dài bì | to await death |
| 暴毙verb | bào bì | to die suddenly |
| 勒毙 | lēi bì | to strangle or throttle to death |
| 酷毙adjective | kù bì | (slang) awesome |
| 瘐毙 | yǔ bì | to die of hunger or disease (of a prisoner) |
毙 appears in 13 compound words: 8 as the first character, 92 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 毙 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
毙字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
bì zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The character "毙" has a very distinctive writing style that left a deep impression on me.
一男子试图闯入海湖庄园被击毙
yī nán zǐ shì tú chuǎng rù hǎi hú zhuāng yuán bèi jī bì
A man was killed while trying to break into Mar-a-Lago
擅闯特朗普住所海湖庄园警戒线男子被击毙 白宫指特勤局果断行动
shàn chuǎng tè lǎng pǔ zhù suǒ hǎi hú zhuāng yuán jǐng jiè xiàn nán zǐ bèi jī bì bái gōng zhǐ tè qín jú guǒ duàn háng dòng
A man was killed after trespassing on the cordon of Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, the White House accused the Secret Service of decisive action
快讯/闯入川普海湖庄园遭击毙 21岁嫌身分曝光!家人才刚报失踪
kuài xùn chuǎng rù chuān pǔ hǎi hú zhuāng yuán zāo jī bì 2 1 suì xián shēn fēn pù guāng ! jiā rén cái gāng bào shī zōng
News/Breaking into Trump's Mar-a-Lago was killed and the identity of the 21-year-old suspect was exposed! The family has just been reported missing
将军澳景林邨63岁男子倒毙寓所 单位传臭味保安报警揭发
jiāng jūn ào jǐng lín 邨 6 3 suì nán zǐ dǎo bì yù suǒ dān wèi chuán chòu wèi bǎo ān bào jǐng jiē fā
A 63-year-old man from King Lam Estate, Tseung Kwan O, collapsed to death in his apartment, and the unit reported a foul smell, and the security alarm was exposed
将军澳景林邨六旬汉倒毙寓所 单位传臭味保安报警揭发
jiāng jūn ào jǐng lín 邨 liù xún hàn dǎo bì yù suǒ dān wèi chuán chòu wèi bǎo ān bào jǐng jiē fā
A sixty-year-old man in King Lam Estate, Tseung Kwan O, collapsed and died in his apartment, and the unit reported a foul smell, and the security guard called the police
多行不义必自毙。
Duōxíngbùyìbìzìbì.
Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Character Family
比 Radical Family — Characters sharing the compare radical
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