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Jyutping dung3 sei2
Pinyin dòng sǐ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to freeze to death
  2. to die off in winter
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to freeze to death; to die of cold
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    她在雪中几乎要冻死了。
    她在雪中幾乎要凍死了。
    tā zài xuě zhōng jī hū yào dòng sǐ le 。
    • She was nearly frozen to death in the snow.
    • She almost froze to death in the snow.
  2. Mandarin
    他们冻死了。
    他們凍死了。
    tā men dòng sǐ le 。
    • They were frozen to death.
  3. Mandarin
    他们被冻死了。
    他們被凍死了。
    tā men bèi dòng sǐ le 。
    • They were frozen to death.
  4. Mandarin
    他被冻死了。
    他被凍死了。
    tā bèi dòng sǐ le 。
    • He was frozen to death.
    • He froze to death.
  5. Mandarin
    他差点在雪中冻死。
    他差點在雪中凍死。
    tā chà diǎn zài xuě zhōng dòng sǐ 。
    • He almost froze to death from the snow.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    我哋几乎冻死。
    我哋幾乎凍死。
    ngo5 dei2 gei1 fu4 dung3 sei2 。
    • We almost froze to death.
    • We came dangerously close to freezing to death.