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逝世

shì shì

HSK 6 2-character word

What 逝世 means

1. to pass away
2. to die

The characters in 逝世

• 逝shì(of flowing water or time) to pass by; to pass away; to die
• 世shìlife; age; generation

Example sentences

• 他昨天逝世了。
  Tā zuótiān shìshì le.
  He passed on yesterday.
• 汤姆逝世于2013年10月20日。
  Tāngmǔ shìshi yú 2013 nián 10 yuè 20 rì.
  Tom passed away on October 20th, 2013.

Sounds the same

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

• 世事affairs of life; things of the world
• 事事everything
• 世世from age to age
• 事势state of affairs