去世
qù shì
Pinyin

Definition

去世
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qù shì
  1. to pass away
  2. to die

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

世界
shì jiè
  1. 1 world
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
去
qù
  1. 1 to go
  2. 2 to go to (a place)
  3. 3 (of a time etc) last
  4. 4 just passed
  5. 5 to send
  6. 6 to remove
  7. 7 to get rid of
  8. 8 to reduce
  9. 9 to be apart from in space or time
  10. 10 to die (euphemism)
  11. 11 to play (a part)
  12. 12 (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. 13 (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. 14 (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
上去
shàng qù
  1. 1 to go up
下去
xià qù
  1. 1 to go down
  2. 2 to descend
  3. 3 to go on
  4. 4 to continue
  5. 5 (of a servant) to withdraw
世
Shì
  1. 1 surname Shi

Idioms (20)

一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
世代相传
shì dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
世态炎凉
shì tài yán liáng
  1. 1 the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)
世风日下
shì fēng rì xià
  1. 1 public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我爷爷去世了。
wǒ yéye qùshì le 。
My grandfather passed away.
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哦，七月十五快到了，他想祭祀一下去世的亲人吧！这在中国挺平常的。
ò ，qīyuèshíwǔ kuài dào le ，tā xiǎng jìsì yīxià qùshì de qīnrén ba ！zhè zài Zhōngguó tǐng píngcháng de 。
Ah, the fifteenth day of the seventh month is coming soon. I bet he was making offerings to a dead relative. It's very common in China.
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是不是有点迷信啊？我怀疑去世的人根本收不到。
shì bù shì yǒudiǎn míxìn a ？wǒ huáiyí qùshì de rén gēnběn shōubùdào 。
Isn't this just a little superstitious? I'm suspect dead people may just not receive the stuff.
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这是我们怀念亲人的一种方式。一边烧一边跟去世的人说说话，沟通沟通。现在还有人在网上祭祀呢！
zhè shì wǒ men huáiniàn qīnrén de yīzhǒng fāngshì 。yībiān shāo yībiān gēn qùshì de rén shuōshuo huà ，gōutonggōutōng 。xiànzài hái yǒurén zài wǎngshàng jìsì ne ！
This is a way for us to cherish the memory of our relatives. While we burn the paper, we also chat with the deceased, to stay in touch with them. These days there are even people who make offerings online!
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李晓的父亲刚住院5天就突然去世了。李晓由于不满意医院的解释，打了医生，导致一位医生左眼失明。我们就这件事采访了医院和病人家属。
Lǐxiǎo de fùqīn gāng zhùyuàn wǔ tiān jiù tūrán qùshì le 。Lǐxiǎo yóuyú bù mǎnyì yīyuàn de jiěshì ，dǎ le yīshēng ，dǎozhì yī wèi yīshēng zuǒyǎn shīmíng 。wǒmen jiù zhè jiàn shì cǎifǎng le yīyuàn hé bìngrén jiāshǔ 。
Li Xiao's father recently spent five days in the hospital and suddenly passed away. Because of an unsatisfactory explanation by the hospital, Li Xiao attacked the doctors and blinded one doctor in his left eye. We interviewed the hospital and the patient's family about this incident.
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李晓的父亲以前身体一直很好。突然去世，医院没有说清楚原因，这让我们怎么接受。李晓这才打了医生，他也很后悔。
Lǐxiǎo de fùqīn yǐqián shēntǐ yīzhí hěn hǎo 。tūrán qùshì ，yīyuàn méiyǒu shuō qīngchu yuányīn ，zhè ràng wǒmen zěnme jiēshòu 。Lǐxiǎo zhè cái dǎ le yīshēng ，tā yě hěn hòuhuǐ 。
Li Xiao's father's health was fine before. The hospital never gave a clear reason for why he died suddenly. How can we accept this? Li Xiao really regrets that this caused him to attack the doctors.
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李晓的父亲年龄大了，又爱喝酒，身体比较差。他突然去世，我们也很难受，但医生已经尽力了。
Lǐxiǎo de fùqīn niánlíng dà le ，yòu ài hējiǔ ，shēntǐ bǐjiào chà 。tā tūrán qùshì ，wǒmen yě hěn nánshòu ，dàn yīshēng yǐjīng jìnlì le 。
Li Xiao's father was old. He also loved to drink and his health wasn't very good. We're also very upset that he died suddenly, but the doctors had already done everything they could.
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我来给你上上课啊。“以房养老”就是“住房反向抵押贷款”。老年人把自己的房子抵押出去，比方说抵押给银行或者保险公司，这些金融机构按照房子的价值，提供老人养老金，老人去世后，产权就归机构了。
wǒ lái gěi nǐ shàngshàngkè ā 。“yǐfángyǎnglǎo ”jiùshì “zhùfáng fǎnxiàng dǐyā dàikuǎn ”。lǎoniánrén bǎ zìjǐde fángzi dǐyā chūqù ，bǐfangshuō dǐyā gěi yínháng huòzhě bǎoxiǎn gōngsī ，zhèxiē jīnróng jīgòu ànzhào fángzi de jiàzhí ，tígōng lǎorén yǎnglǎojīn ，lǎorén qùshì hòu ，chǎnquán jiù guī jīgòu le 。
Let me give you a lesson on it. “Using homes to take care of the elderly” is a “housing reverse mortgage loan”. Old people can mortgage their homes. For example, it's mortgaged to a bank or insurance company, and these financial institutions will provide money to support these old people based on the value of their homes. When the old people die, ownership of the property will be given to the institutions.
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如果一个人去世了，你可以对去世的人的家人说：节哀顺变。
rúguǒ yī gè rén qùshì le ，nǐ kěyǐ duì qùshì de rén de jiārén shuō ：jiéāishùnbiàn 。
If someone passes away, you can say to their family members: my condolences.
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因为清明节是怀念去世的亲人的一个节日，所以是很悲伤的一个节日。
yīnwèi Qīngmíngjié shì huáiniàn qùshì de qīnrén de yī gè jiérì ，suǒyǐ shì hěn bēishāng de yī gè jiérì 。
Since Qingming Festival is a holiday to commemorate relatives who have died, it's a sad holiday.
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