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上吊

shàng diào

2-character word

What 上吊 means

1. to hang oneself

The characters in 上吊

• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 吊diàoto suspend; to hang up; to hang a person

Example sentences

• 他上吊自杀了。
  He committed suicide by hanging himself.
• 灯笼在树枝上吊着。
  Dēnglóng zài shùzhī shàngdiào zhe.
  The lamp was suspended from the branch of a tree.
• 汤姆向他的朋友吐露他要上吊自杀。
  Tāngmǔ xiàng tā de péngyou tǔlù tā yào shàngdiào zìshā.
  Tom confided in his friend that he was going to hang himself.
• 如果非要我当你的丈夫，我宁愿上吊死在第一棵树上。
  If I had to be your husband, I'd rather hang myself on the first tree.

Words containing 上吊

• 一哭二闹三上吊yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào(lit.) to cry, then shout, then threaten suicide (saying)…
• 不要在一棵树上吊死bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐdon't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)…