病死

bìngsǐ

verb

Meanings

1 to die of illness
2 that died of disease

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

他的爷爷是病死的。

Tā de yéye shì bìngsǐ de.

His grandfather died of an illness.

HSK 5

病死的猪肉绝对不能卖。

Bìngsǐ de zhūròu juéduì bù néng mài.

Meat from pigs that died of disease must never be sold.

Tips

register

Blunt: it states the cause of death plainly. News reports and obituaries use the formal 病故 or 病逝; about someone's relative, 因病去世, "passed away after an illness", is kinder.

Stroke Order

病 bìng

死 sǐ