HSK 5 · Verbs

去世 qùshì “to pass away” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 去世 means

  1. to pass away
  2. to die

How to say 去世

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale去qù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale世shì4th tone, falling

去世 in a sentence

  1. 他父亲去世了。

    Tā fùqīn qùshì le.

    His father passed away.

    Sentence #8089863 from Tatoeba

  2. 听到你父亲去世的消息我很难过。

    Tīngdào nǐ fùqīn qùshì de xiāoxi wǒ hěn nánguò.

    I’m sorry to hear that your father passed away.

    Sentence #13526204 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 奶奶去世让全家都受了打击。

    Nǎinai qùshì ràng quánjiā dōu shòu le dǎjī.

    Grandma’s death was a heavy blow to the whole family.

    Sentence #2442220 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 去世 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 去 (qù) with each of its parts in a different colour
去qùto go
  • 土earth · tǔ
  • 厶private · sī

Memory aidPicture someone leaving the ground 土 behind with a bag 厶: to go.

The character 世 (shì) drawn as one shape
世shìlife

世 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 去世

去 5 strokes · 世 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

去世 (qùshì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 去世 (qùshì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 去世

Words with 去

去qù · to go去年qùnián · last year出去chūqù · to go out回去huíqu · to return进去jìnqù · to go in上去shàngqù · to go up下去xiàqù · to go down过去guòqù · in the past失去shīqù · to lose

Words with 世

世界shìjiè · world世纪shìjì · century世代shìdài · for generations逝世shìshì · to pass away问世wènshì · to be published举世瞩目jǔshìzhǔmù · to attract worldwide attention

More words: Common Verbs

瞧qiáo · to look at切qiē · to cut庆祝qìngzhù · to celebrate取消qǔxiāo · to cancel缺乏quēfá · to lack燃烧ránshāo · to burn绕rào · to wind忍不住rěnbuzhù · cannot help

FAQs

去世 (qùshì) means “to pass away” or “to die”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it qùshì: qù with a 4th tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 去世 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qushi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 去世 from the suggestions. Typing qushi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
去世 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.