This podcast is dedicated to Chris(Mandarin_student)

Today we will discuss 幸福死了，高兴死了，饿死我了，烦死了 or something similar. If someone tells you:“老张的儿子考上了北京大学，他高兴死了(Lǎozhāng de érzi kǎo shàngle běijīngdàxué, tā gāoxìng sǐle)。You don’t need to be serious about the words 死了 here. Don’t think he is died. This sentence just means: Lao Zhang’s son has been received by Beijing University. Lao Zhang is very very happy.

死了is often used in daily talk. Everyday when my son comes home, he always says 我快饿死了（wǒ kuài è sǐle . I am so hungry about to die）.
My daughter would say 笑死我了(xiào sǐ wǒ le , It made me laugh so much.) when she reads a joke.
I often say 累死我了，累死我了(lèi sǐ wǒ le, lèi sǐ wǒ le。 I am very very tired) after hours’ housework.
My husband often says你们把我烦死了（nǐmen bǎ wǒ fán sǐle 。 You are boring me too much.）because when he is concentrating on reading or writing, my son likes to talk to him and my daughter likes to rush into his room time after time。

But sometimes you must be serious when someone says like these:
老李心脏病发作死了。(Lao Li died of the attack of heart disease.)
王小姐昨天因为车祸死了。(Ms. Wang died yesterday because of the traffic accident.)
Ellen 无疾而终，死时面带微笑，享年九十九岁，她的亲人和朋友参加了她的葬礼，其中，还有几位外国朋友，他们是Chris, Barry……等等。haha
(Ellen dies without any illness but with smile on her face, at her age of 99. Her family members and friends attend her funeral. Among them, there are several foreign friends. They are Chris, Barry……etc. haha)

I hope someone tell me if the joke is offending as you understand in your way.

Pinyin:
lǎolǐ xīnzàngbìng fāzuò sǐle。
wáng xiǎojie zuótiān yīnwèi chēhuò sǐle。
Ellen wú jí ér zhōng ， sǐ shí miàn dài wēixiào ， xiǎngnián jiǔshíjiǔ suì ， tā de qīnrén hé péngyou cānjiāle tā de zànglǐ ， qízhōng ， hái yǒu jǐ wèi wàiguópéngyǒu ， tāmen shì Chris, Barry ......Deng３deng3)

Something you don’t need to be serious:
老张的儿子考上了北京大学，他高兴死了。
(Lao Zhang’s son has been received by Beijing University. Lao Zhang is very very happy.)
我快饿死了（I am so hungry about to die）.
笑死我了(It made me laugh so much.)
累死我了，累死我了( I am very very tired.)
你们把我烦死了（You are boring me too much.）
北京今天三十六度，热死我了。（It is 36C today in Beijing. I feel much too warm.）

Pinyin:
Lǎozhāng de érzi kǎo shàngle běijīngdàxué, tā gāoxìng sǐle
wǒ kuài è sǐle （I am so hungry about to die） .
xiào sǐ wǒ le (It made me laugh so much.)
lèi sǐ wǒ le ， lèi sǐ wǒ le ( I am very very tired.)
nǐmen bǎ wǒ fán sǐle （You are boring me too much.）
Běijīng jīntiān sānshíliù dù ， rè sǐ wǒ le。（It is 36C today in Beijing. I feel much too warm.）