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去世

qù shì

HSK 5 2-character word

What 去世 means

1. to pass away
2. to die

The characters in 去世

• 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last
• 世shìlife; age; generation

Example sentences

• 54岁去世。
  He died aged 54 years.
• 汤姆去世了。
  Tom died.

Sounds the same

Read qù shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 趣事entertaining anecdote; interesting story or incident
• 去势to neuter; neutered
• 去逝to pass away; to die
• 觑视to look; to gaze