凍死

Chinese

to freeze
 
to die; impassable; uncrossable
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (凍死) 凍 死
simp. (冻死) 冻 死

Pronunciation


Verb

凍死

  1. to freeze to death; to die of cold

Japanese

Kanji in this term
凍 死
とう
Grade: S
し
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) とーし [tòóshí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [to̞ːɕi]

Noun

凍(とう)死(し) • (tōshi) 

  1. freezing to death; dying of cold; death from cold
    Synonym: 凍え死に (kogoejini)

Verb

凍(とう)死(し)する • (tōshi suru) intransitive suru (stem 凍(とう)死(し)し (tōshi shi), past 凍(とう)死(し)した (tōshi shita))

  1. to freeze to death; to die of cold
    Synonyms: 凍え死にする (kogoejini suru), 凍え死ぬ (kogoejinu)
    • 1937, 寺島柾史, 怪奇人造島‎, 青空文庫:
      夕方(ゆうがた)でも、この寒(さむ)さだから、夜(よる)になったら、一層寒(いっそうさむ)さが加(くわ)わるだろう。水(みず)が刃(やいば)のように肌(はだ)を刺(さ)し、僕等(ぼくら)は、明日(あす)を待(ま)たず、凍死(とうし)するにちがいない。
      Yūgata de mo, kono samusa da kara, yoru ni nattara, issō samusa ga kuwawaru darō. Mizu ga yaiba no yō ni hada o sashi, bokura wa, asu o matazu, tōshi suru ni chigai nai.
      It is this cold even at dusk, so it will likely become even colder at night. The chill of the water pierces our skin like a sword. We will surely freeze to death by tomorrow.

Conjugation

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