去世 (qù shì) — to pass away, to die

Definition

Examples

• 他的奶奶今年春天去世了。
  Tā de nǎi nai jīn nián chūn tiān qù shì le.
  His grandmother passed away this spring.
• 听到那位老教授去世的消息，大家都很伤心。
  Tīng dào nà wèi lǎo jiào shòu qù shì de xiāo xi, dà jiā dōu hěn shāng xīn.
  Everyone was very sad to hear the news that the old professor had passed away.
• 他去年因病去世了，享年八十六岁。
  Tā qù nián yīn bìng qù shì le, xiǎng nián bā shí liù suì.
  He died of illness last year at the age of eighty-six.

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