# 自杀 (zìshā)

In Mandarin Chinese, 自杀 (zìshā) means “to commit suicide; suicide”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to commit suicide; suicide
- Pinyin: zìshā (zi4 sha1)
- Traditional: 自殺
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 故事里的人物自杀了。
  Gùshi lǐ de rénwù zìshā le.
  The character in the story committed suicide.

## Characters

- [自](https://hanziro.com/word/zi-from/) (zì): from; since
- [杀](https://hanziro.com/word/sha-kill/) (shā): to kill; to weaken

https://hanziro.com/word/zi-sha-commit-suicide/

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