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死寂

sǐ jì

2-character word

What 死寂 means

1. deathly stillness

The characters in 死寂

• 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable
• 寂jìsilent; solitary; Taiwan pr. jí

Example sentences

• 房屋一片死寂。
  The house was dead silent.
• 杰西死寂般沉默地盯着乔丹看。
  Jiéxī sǐjì bān chén mò de dīng zhe Qiáodān kàn.
  Jessie stared at Jordan in dead silence.

Sounds the same

Read sǐ jì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 死记to learn by rote; to cram