# 去世 (qùshì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 去世 (qùshì) means “to pass away; to die”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to pass away; to die
- Pinyin: qùshì (qu4 shi4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 那位老教授去年去世了。
  Nà wèi lǎo jiàoshòu qùnián qùshì le.
  That old professor passed away last year.

## Characters

- [去](https://hanziro.com/word/qu-go/) (qù): to go
- 世 (shì): life; age

https://hanziro.com/word/qu-shi-pass-away/

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