丧 (sāng): mourning, funeral, (old) corpse
丧 (sāng) is a Chinese character meaning “mourning.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亡 (structural). It ranks #1396 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 丧 simplified form of 喪; to cry 哭 over the dead 亡. Its radical form 一 (one) appears in many related characters such as 一 (yī, one), 七 (qī, seven), 三 (sān, three).
Definitions
- mourning
- funeral
- (old) corpse
Etymology & Origin
pictographicSimplified form of 喪; to cry 哭 over the dead 亡
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 丧
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沮丧 | jǔ sàng | dispirited |
| 丧命 | sàng mìng | to lose one's life |
| 丧生 | sàng shēng | to die |
| 丧气 | sàng qì | to feel disheartened |
| 丧礼 | sāng lǐ | funeral |
| 丧心病狂 | sàng xīn bìng kuáng | (idiom) deranged |
| 丧葬 | sāng zàng | funeral and interment |
| 灰心丧气 | huī xīn sàng qì | downhearted |
| 丧服 | sāng fú | mourning garment |
| 丧事 | sāng shì | funeral arrangements |
| 哭丧着脸 | kū sang zhe liǎn | to pull a long face |
| 服丧 | fú sāng | in mourning |
| 闻风丧胆 | wén fēng sàng dǎn | hear the wind and lose gall (idiom) |
| 哭丧 | kū sāng | to wail at a funeral |
| 玩物丧志 | wán wù sàng zhì | lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom) |
丧 appears in 73 compound words: 55 as the first character, 32 as the last, and 14 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 丧 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (15)
to be utterly devoid of conscience; to be extremely vicious and evil
to be utterly devoid of conscience; to be extremely vicious and evil
Showing 12 of 15 idioms containing 丧.
Example Sentences
丧字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
sāng zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The way the character "丧" is written is quite unique and left a deep impression on me.
情人来访泄露行踪 墨西哥大毒枭随后丧命
qíng rén lái fǎng xiè lù háng zōng mò xī gē dà dú 枭 suí hòu sāng mìng
Lover's visit leaks Mexican drug lord subsequently killed
诗巫肥料罗里追尾油槽罗里 乘客不幸丧命 两人受伤
shī wū féi liào luó lǐ zhuī wěi yóu cáo luó lǐ chéng kè bù xìng sāng mìng liǎng rén shòu shāng
Sibu Fertilizer Rory rear-ended the oil tank Rory, the passenger was killed, and two others were injured
仙气调酒喝下肚小心胃穿孔 警:最惨丧命
xiān qì diào jiǔ hē xià dù xiǎo xīn wèi chuān kǒng jǐng : zuì cǎn sāng mìng
Fairy cocktail drink, be careful of stomach perforation Police: The most tragic death
8岁男童命丧花莲鲤鱼潭!家属控快艇“船尾浪”酿祸 交...
8 suì nán tóng mìng sāng huā lián lǐ yú tán ! jiā shǔ kòng kuài tǐng chuán wěi làng niàng huò jiāo . . .
An 8-year-old boy died in Hualien Liyu Pond! The family controlled the speedboat's "stern waves" to cause trouble...
6旬骑士游南横公路自撞护栏 摔50米边坡丧命...撞击瞬间曝光
6 xún qí shì yóu nán héng gōng lù zì zhuàng hù lán shuāi 5 0 mǐ biān pō sāng mìng . . . zhuàng jī shùn jiān pù guāng
A 60-year-old knight traveled to Nanheng Highway and crashed into a guardrail and fell 50 meters down the slope and died... The impact was instantaneously exposed
丧失健康比丧失金钱更糟糕。
Sàngshī jiànkāng bǐ sàngshī jīnqián gèng zāogāo.
Losing one's health is worse than losing money.
我为小事情觉得沮丧。
Wǒ wèi xiǎoshì qíng juéde jǔsàng.
I get depressed by the slightest things.
他完全丧失了责任心。
Tā wánquán sàngshī le zérènxīn.
He has completely lost all sense of duty.
他完全丧失了能成功的信心。
Tā wánquán sàngshī le néng chénggōng de xìnxīn.
He had lost all faith in his ability to succeed.
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