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逝世

shìshì

“To pass away” in Chinese is 逝世 (shìshì).

Meaning

  • to pass away
  • to die

Example

他昨天逝世了。

He died yesterday.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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Not to be confused with: 事实 (shìshí, fact) · 适时 (shìshí, timely) · 时事 (shíshì, current trends; the present situation; how things are going) · 时时 (shíshí, often) · 实施 (shíshī, to implement)