Hanziro

All HSK 3.0 Level 7–9 words

逝世

shìshì

In Mandarin Chinese, 逝世 (shìshì) means “to pass away”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

Meaning

  1. to pass away

Stroke order

Examples

  • 那位著名作家昨天安然逝世。
    Nà wèi zhùmíng zuòjiā zuótiān ānrán shìshì.
    That famous writer passed away peacefully yesterday.

Characters

逝
shì
(of flowing water or time) to pass by; to pass away; to die