喪命

丧命
sàngmìng
to lose one's life

CEDICT

  1. (euphemistic) to be killed; to lose one's life
  2. to be killed; to lose one's life

Wiktionary

失去性命，即死亡。《三國演義．第六五回》：「渭橋六戰，殺得曹操割鬚棄袍，幾乎喪命，非等閒之比。」《紅樓夢．第六九回》：「不然，你則白白的喪命，且無人憐惜。」也作「喪生」。

重編國語辭典

死亡；喪失生命

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 喪 sàng
  1. to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc)
  2. to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc)
  3. to die
  4. disappointed
  5. discouraged
2 命 mìng
  1. life
  2. fate
  3. order or command
  4. to assign a name, title etc

Related entries

喪身 sàngshēn to lose one's life
沒命 méimìng
  1. to lose one's life
  2. to die
  3. recklessly
  4. desperately
他瞄准了，却没命中。

He aimed, but missed.

Source: Tatoeba

送命 sòngmìng
  1. to lose one's life
  2. to get killed
喪生 sàngshēng
  1. to die
  2. to lose one's life
我哥哥在一次交通意外中喪生了。

My brother was killed in a traffic accident.

Source: Tatoeba