他因谋杀罪被绞死。

He was hanged for murder.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=2 因 yīn old variant of 因 yīn
=2 因 yīn
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. because
3 谋杀罪 móushāzuì murder
=4 被 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=4 被 pī
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of 披 (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=4 被 bì
  1. alternative form of 彼 (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of 髲 (bì, “wig”)
=4 被 pì alternative form of 帔
5 绞死 jiǎosǐ
  1. to hang (i.e. execute by hanging)
  2. to strangle