When to use to die in Korean

Korean: 죽다[ juk-da ]

to die
to die

When to use it

죽다 means "to die." You use it when a person, animal, or plant stops living. In everyday Korean, people also use it for things that stop working, like a phone battery.

Example sentences

  1. 우리 집 물고기가 죽었어요.

    Our pet fish died.

  2. 꽃이 물이 없어서 죽었어요.

    The flower died because it had no water.

  3. 길에서 새 한 마리가 죽어 있었어요.

    There was a dead bird on the road.

  4. 학교 앞 나무가 겨울에 죽었어요.

    The tree in front of the school died in winter.

  5. 휴대폰 배터리가 갑자기 죽었어요.

    My phone battery suddenly died.

  6. 게임에서 두 번 죽었어요.

    I died twice in the game.