我弟弟去年死於癌症。

My brother died of cancer last year.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 弟弟 dìdi younger brother

classifiers: 個, 位
3 去年 qùnián last year
4 死 sǐ
  1. to die
  2. impassable
  3. uncrossable
  4. inflexible
  5. rigid
  6. extremely
  7. damned
=5 於 yú
  1. (of time or place) in; at; on
  2. (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for
  3. (indicating a source) from; out of
  4. (used in comparison) than
  5. (used in the passive voice) by
=5 於 Yū
  1. surname Yu
  2. Taiwan pr. Yú
=5 於 wū
  1. (literary) Oh!
  2. Ah!
=6 癌症 áizhèng cancer
=6 癌症 áizhēng Alternative term for 癌症 (áizhèng, “cancer”).