病逝

bìngshì

verb #94,245

Meanings

1 to die of illness
2 to pass away after an illness

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

他的爷爷去年病逝了。

Tā de yéye qùnián bìngshì le.

His grandfather died of an illness last year.

HSK 3

鲁迅五十五岁时在上海病逝。

Lǔ Xùn wǔshíwǔ suì shí zài Shànghǎi bìngshì.

Lu Xun died of illness in Shanghai at the age of fifty-five.

Tips

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News and biography style. 去世 is the neutral polite word for dying, 逝世 the respectful one for public figures, and 病逝 adds the cause: illness.

Stroke Order

病 bìng

逝 shì