The Chinese word 溺死 (nìsǐ, meaning "to drown") is a verb-object compound formed through semantic combination. The first character, 溺 (nì), means "to drown" or "to be submerged," depicting the action itself. The second character, 死 (sǐ), means "death," indicating the result of the action. Therefore, the term is constructed logically by combining the action (溺) with its fatal outcome (死), creating a precise term that means "to die by drowning." This pattern of a verb followed by its result is common in Chinese word formation, making the meaning transparent and direct.