Back to Dictionary
死活
sǐhuó
1. life or death
2. fate
3. no matter what
4. anyway
5. for the life of me
Common • Top 10%

Character Breakdown

死
sǐ
dead; death; impassable, inflexible
HSK 4 6 丶
活
huó
to exist, to live, to survive; living, working
HSK 4 9 丶

Compound Words (2)

不知死活
bùzhīsǐhuó
to act recklessly (idiom)
死活不顾
sǐhuóbùgù
regardless of life or death (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
8,517 of 84,292