半死 bàn sǐ

half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 9493rd word

Definitions

  1. 1. half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc)
  2. 2. (tired) to death
  3. 3. (terrified) out of one's wits
  4. 4. (beaten) to within an inch of one's life
  5. 5. (knock) the daylights out of sb

Characters

Character Meaning
半 bàn HSK 3
half; (after a number) and a half; semi-
死 sǐ HSK 4
to die; extremely; inflexible