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逝世

shì shì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

逝世 (shì shì) means "to pass away; to die". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

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

Where 逝世 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shì (2) (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shì shì correctly.
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