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病故

bìnggù
verb #95,870

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 7-9
他的祖父去年病故了。
Tā de zǔfù qùnián bìnggù le.
His grandfather passed away from illness last year.
HSK 7-9
这位作家因癌症病故，享年七十二岁。
Zhèwèi 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