身亡

shēnwáng

verb #6,962

Meanings

1 to die
2 to perish
3 to lose one's life

Characters

to die; to perish

Examples

HSK 5

他在事故中不幸身亡。

Tā zài shìgù zhōng búxìng shēnwáng.

He unfortunately died in the accident.

HSK 7-9

两名乘客在车祸中身亡。

Liǎng míng chéngkè zài chēhuò zhōng shēnwáng.

Two passengers died in the car accident.

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身亡 is formal/literary. It appears in news reports and official contexts. In daily speech, 死了 or 去世 are more common.

Stroke Order

身 shēn

亡 wáng