Taiwan Mandarin

DictionaryCommon words上吊

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上吊

shàngdiào·ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ

“to hang oneself; to commit suicide by hanging.”

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shàng·ㄕㄤˋ

Indicates direction or position, opposite of down; the surface or top of something; to go up; to attend class; previous; superior; to send up.

diào·ㄉㄧㄠˋ

to hang; to suspend; to hang someone; to lament or condole with someone at a funeral; to extract; to withhold; a string of 100 cash (archaic).