cause of death
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
cause of death; reason for dying
Commonly used in medical, legal, and news contexts to refer to the specific reason a person died.
Jǐng警
fāng方
zhèng正
zài在
chá查
míng明
sǐ死
yīn因
。
The police are investigating to determine the cause of death.
Tā他
de的
sǐ死
yīn因
shì是
tū突
fā发
xìng性
xīn心
zàng脏
bìng病
。
The cause of his death was sudden heart disease.
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Yī医
shēng生
zài在
sǐ死
wáng亡
zhèng证
míng明
shū书
shàng上
xiě写
xià下
le了
sǐ死
yīn因
。
The doctor wrote down the cause of death on the death certificate.