斃

简 毙 · 繁 斃
Mandarin · pinyin bì

Meanings

  1. to die
  2. to shoot dead
  3. to reject
  4. to fall forward
  5. (suffix) to death
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斃
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毙
bì · kill; die violent death
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4 · bi4

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bai6

Cantonese word readings for 斃. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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  1. to fall down; to collapse
  2. to be defeated
  3. to drop dead; to die; to perish; to be killed
  4. to kill
  5. (colloquial, specifically) to kill by shooting (especially for execution)
  6. (colloquial) to cancel (a show, etc.); to reject

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