病故

bìnggù

verb #95,870

Meanings

1 to die of an illness
2 to pass away due to disease

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Examples

他的祖父去年病故了。

Tā de zǔfù qùnián bìnggù le.

His grandfather passed away from illness last year.

这位作家因癌症病故，享年七十二岁。

Zhè wèi zuòjiā yīn áizhèng bìnggù, xiǎngnián qīshí'èr suì.

The writer died of cancer at the age of seventy-two.

Tips

register

Formal/written. Used in obituaries, news reports, and official notices. In casual speech you'd say 病死 (bìngsǐ) or simply 去世 (qùshì) 'pass away'.

Stroke Order

病 bìng

故 gù