……死人了！

The phrase ‘……死人了!’ (……sǐ rén le!) can be used after some single character adjectives, and is frequently used by native speakers. The character ‘死’ (sǐ) literally means ‘death’ and ‘人’ (rén) means ‘person’, when the phrase is used after some single character adjectives it brings the sensation into a intolerable stage. For example, the adjective ‘饿’(è) which means ‘hungry’, when ‘饿’(è) is added into the phrase it becomes ‘饿死人了!’(è sǐ rén le) which means ‘starving to death!’. Here is a list of adjectives that can be included in this phrase and you can see how the sensation has been exaggerated afterwards.

累(lèi) ‘exhausted’	累死人了!( lèi sǐ rén le!)	‘extremely exhausted!’
困(kùn) ‘sleepy’	困死人了! (kùn sǐ rén le!)	‘extremely sleepy!’
烦(fán) ‘annoyed’	烦死人了! (fán sǐ rén le!)	‘annoyed as hell!’
急(jí) ‘urgent’	急死人了! (jí sǐ rén le!)	‘extremely urgent!’
撑(chēng) ‘bloated’	撑死人了! (chēng sǐ rén le!)	‘extremely bloated!’-eat too much
饿(è) ‘hungry’	饿死人了! (è sǐ rén le!)	‘starving to death!’
冷(lěng) ‘cold’	冷死人了! (lěng sǐ rén le!)	‘freezing as hell!’
晕(yūn) ‘dizzy’	晕死人了! (yūn sǐ rén le!)	‘dizzy as hell!’
热(rè) ‘hot’	热死人了! (rè sǐ rén le!)	‘hot as hell!’
渴(kě) ‘thirsty’	渴死人了! (kě sǐ rén le!)	‘extremely thirsty!’