上吊

shàngdiào
to hang oneself

CEDICT

to hang oneself

Wiktionary

自缢。将绳子吊在高处，套住脖子自杀。如：「他因经商失败破产，想不开而上吊。」也作「上弔」。

重編國語辭典

用繫在高处的绳子套住自己脖子自杀的方式

維基詞典

Examples

他上吊自杀了。

He committed suicide by hanging himself.

Source: Tatoeba

灯笼在树枝上吊着。

The lamp was suspended from the branch of a tree.

Source: Tatoeba

汤姆向他的朋友吐露他要上吊自杀。

Tom confided in his friend that he was going to hang himself.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
=2 吊 diào
  1. to suspend
  2. to hang up
  3. to hang a person
=2 吊 diào
  1. a string of 100 cash (arch.)
  2. to lament
  3. to condole with
  4. variant of 吊 diào

Containing this entry

一哭二闹三上吊 yīkūèrnàosānshàngdiào
  1. lit. to cry, then shout, then threaten suicide (saying)
  2. fig. to make a terrible scene; to throw a tantrum
不要在一棵树上吊死 bùyàozàiyīkēshùshàngdiàosǐ
  1. don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. there's more than one way to skin a cat

Related entries

吊颈 diàojǐng to hang oneself
投缳 tóuhuán
  1. to hang oneself
  2. to commit suicide by hanging
投缳自缢 tóuhuánzìyì to hang oneself (idiom)
缢颈 yìjǐng to hang oneself
自经 zìjīng (literary) to hang oneself
自缢 zìyì to hang oneself
吊死 diàosǐ
  1. death by hanging
  2. to hang oneself
革命的时候他被吊死了。

He was hanged during the Revolution.

Source: Tatoeba

绞缢 jiǎoyì
  1. to be hanged
  2. to hang oneself
缢死 yìsǐ
  1. to execute by hanging
  2. to hang oneself