How to Say ‘It's so packed.’ in Simplified Chinese
挤死了。
jǐ sǐ le
[jǐ sǐ le]
💬 Usage Tip: 死了 after an adjective literally reads "to death", but it just means "extremely", like the English "I'm dying". Try 热死了 "so hot" or 累死了 "exhausted".
Phrase Breakdown
挤死
jǐ sǐ
[jǐ sǐ]
terribly crowded
挤 'crowded' plus 死 as an intensifier meaning 'extremely'.
公交车上挤死了。
The bus was terribly crowded.
了
le
[le]
change-of-state particle
Used with 快…了 to show something is about to happen.
火车快来了。
The train is about to arrive.
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