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辞世

辭世
císhì
verb #27,763

Meanings

  1. 1 to pass away
  2. 2 to die (literary/formal)
  3. 3 to depart from this world

Examples

老先生昨日安详辞世，享年八十九岁。
Lǎo xiānsheng zuórì ānxiáng císhì, xiàngnián bāshíjiǔ suì.
The elderly gentleman passed away peacefully yesterday at the age of eighty-nine.
她的父亲在她幼年时便已辞世。
Tā de fùqīn zài tā yòunián shí biàn yǐ císhì.
Her father had already passed away when she was young.

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辞世 is a literary/formal euphemism for death. It is used in written Chinese, obituaries, and respectful speech about elders. More colloquial: 去世 (qùshì) or 过世 (guòshì).

Stroke Order

辞 cí
世 shì