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逝

shì

HSK 6 Character

What 逝 means

1. (of flowing water or time) to pass by
2. to pass away; to die

Example sentences

• 时间飞逝。
  Shíjiān fēishì.
  Time flies.
• 时光飞逝。
  Shíguāng fēishì.
  Time flies.
• 英年早逝。
  Yīngniánzǎoshì.
  Whom the gods love die young.
• 他昨天逝世了。
  Tā zuótiān shìshì le.
  He passed on yesterday.
• 她的美貌会随着时间而流逝。
  Tā de měimào huì suí zhe shíjiān ér liúshì.
  Her beauty will fade in time.
• 黑洞周围的时间要流逝得慢得多。
  Hēidòng zhōuwéi de shíjiān yào liúshì de màn de duō.
  Time ticks by more slowly around a black hole.

Words starting with 逝

• 逝世shì shìto pass away; to die
• 逝去shì qùto elapse; to pass away; to die
• 逝者shì zhěthe dead; the deceased

Words containing 逝

• 流逝liú shì(of time) to pass; to elapse
• 消逝xiāo shìto fade away
• 病逝bìng shìto die of illness
• 飞逝fēi shì(of time) to pass quickly; to be fleeting
• 转瞬即逝zhuǎn shùn jí shì(idiom) fleeting; transitory
• 早逝zǎo shìearly demise; untimely death
• 稍纵即逝shāo zòng jí shìtransient; fleeting
• 英年早逝yīng nián zǎo shìto die an untimely death (idiom); to be cut off in one's prime
• 仙逝xiān shìto die; to depart this mortal coil
• 去逝qù shìto pass away; to die
• 易逝yì shìpassing; transient; fugitive
• 永逝yǒng shìgone forever; to die
• 远逝yuǎn shìto fade into the distance; (fig.) to peter out; to fade away
• 长逝cháng shìto depart this life; to be no more
• 岁月流逝suì yuè liú shìas time goes by (idiom)
• 转眼即逝zhuǎn yǎn jí shìto pass in an instant; over in the twinkling of an eye
• 猝逝cù shìto die suddenly

Characters built on 折

These share the phonetic component 折 (zhé), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 誓shìoath; vow; to swear
• 踅chìwalk with one leg

Characters that look like 逝

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 逐zhú(bound form) to pursue; to chase; to drive away; one by one; individually
• 迷míto bewilder; crazy about; fan
• 迹jì(bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. jī
• 逊xùnto abdicate; modest; yielding
• 逅hòuused in 邂逅
• 逵kuícrossroads; thoroughfare

Sounds the same

Read shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 是to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 事matter; thing; item
• 视(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 室room; work unit; grave
• 世life; age; generation
• 市market; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 试to test; to try; experiment
• 式type; form; pattern
• 示to show; to reveal
• 适to fit; suitable; proper
• 士member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
• 释to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼