He died yesterday.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
过世
to die
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to die
02
to pass away
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 过世 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 过世 appears in 21 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
His father passed away last year.
Her mother died on her birthday.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 过世.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 过世.
Directly before
- 癌症过世3
- 她过世3
- 昨天过世2
- 就过世2
- 太太过世1
Directly after
- 过世了12
- 过世的4
- 过世已经1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 过世
What does 过世 mean in Chinese?
过世 (guòshì) means to die.
How do you pronounce 过世?
过世 is pronounced guòshì.
Is 过世 an HSK word?
过世 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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