身亡

Chinese

	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	to die; to perish
trad. (身亡)	身	亡
simp. ^#(身亡)	身	亡
anagram	亡身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnwáng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ mong⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sin-bông

(Teochew, Peng'im): sing¹ bhuang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēnwáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄨㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shenwáng
  - Wade–Giles: shên¹-wang²
  - Yale: shēn-wáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenwang
  - Palladius: шэньван (šɛnʹvan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ mong⁴
  - Yale: sān mòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ mong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ mong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ mɔːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-bông
  - Tâi-lô: sin-bông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sinboong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ bɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² bɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sing¹ bhuang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sing buâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ³³⁻²³ buaŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

身亡

(formal) to die (usually from unnatural causes)

Synonyms

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下世 (xiàshì) (formal)
上天 (shàngtiān) (euphemistic)
上路 (shànglù) (euphemistic)
不在 (bùzài) (euphemistic)
不幸 (bùxìng) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
不祿／不禄 (bùlù) (archaic, euphemistic, of military officers)
亡
亡故 (wánggù) (literary)
仙逝 (xiānshì) (euphemistic)
仙遊／仙游 (xiānyóu) (euphemistic)
作古 (zuògǔ) (literary, euphemistic)
做鬼 (zuòguǐ) (colloquial)
傾世／倾世 (qīngshì) (literary)
傾亡／倾亡 (qīngwáng) (literary)
入寂 (rùjì) (Buddhism, of Buddhist monks)
凋謝／凋谢 (diāoxiè) (to die of old age)
化去 (huàqù) (euphemistic)
升天 (shēngtiān) (euphemistic)
即世 (jíshì) (literary)
去世 (qùshì)
合眼 (héyǎn) (euphemistic)
喪亡／丧亡 (sàngwáng) (literary)
喪命／丧命 (sàngmìng) (euphemistic)
喪生／丧生 (sàngshēng) (euphemistic)
嗚呼／呜呼 (wūhū) (euphemistic)
嗝屁 (gěpì) (Mandarin, vulgar, dysphemistic)
嚥氣／咽气 (yànqì) (colloquial)
回老家 (huí lǎojiā) (euphemistic, humorous)
圓寂／圆寂 (yuánjì) (of Buddhist monks or nuns)
壽終正寢／寿终正寝 (shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn) (euphemistic)
失氣／失气 (shīqì) (literary)
安息 (ānxī) (euphemistic)
安眠 (ānmián) (euphemistic)
小喇叭兒吹了／小喇叭儿吹了 (xiǎo lǎbār chuī le) (Beijing Mandarin)
就義／就义 (jiùyì) (to die a martyr)
崩 (bēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
崩殂 (bēngcú) (Classical, of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
彈老三／弹老三 (Northern Wu, informal, humorous)
往生 (wǎngshēng) (euphemistic)
忽然 (hūrán) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
掛／挂 (guà) (slang, humorous)
故 (gù)
故世 (gùshì) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
故去 (gùqù) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
斃命／毙命 (bìmìng) (pejorative)
早死 (zǎosǐ)
晏駕／晏驾 (yànjià) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
枯死 (kūsǐ) (literary, figurative)
棄世／弃世 (qìshì) (literary)
歸天／归天 (guītiān) (euphemistic)
歸西／归西 (guīxī) (euphemistic)
歸道山／归道山 (guī dàoshān) (literary, euphemistic)
死 (sǐ)
死亡 (sǐwáng) (formal)
死人 (sǐrén)
死去 (sǐqù) (informal)
死掉 (sǐdiào) (informal)
死翹翹／死翘翘 (sǐqiàoqiào) (informal, humorous)
死脫／死脱 (⁵shi-theq) (Wu)
殞／殒 (yǔn) (archaic)
氣絕／气绝 (qìjué) (literary)
永眠 (yǒngmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
沒世／没世 (mòshì) (literary)
沉眠 (chénmián) (euphemistic)
消忒 (Hakka, euphemistic)
物化 (wùhuà) (literary)
狗帶／狗带 (gǒudài) (slang, neologism)
畢命／毕命 (bìmìng) (formal, euphemistic)
病亡 (bìngwáng) (to die of illness)
病故 (bìnggù) (to die of illness)
病死 (bìngsǐ) (to die of illness)
病逝 (bìngshì) (to die of illness)
瘐死 (yǔsǐ) (of deaths in prison)
百年歸老／百年归老 (bǎiniánguīlǎo) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
盡命／尽命 (jìnmìng) (literary, euphemistic)
終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds, euphemistic)
絕／绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
翹辮子／翘辫子 (qiào biànzi) (informal, humorous)
老了 (lǎo le) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
蒙主寵召／蒙主宠召 (méngzhǔchǒngzhào) (Christianity, euphemistic)
薨 (hōng) (Classical Chinese, of feudal lords or high officials)
薨逝 (hōngshì) (of feudal lords)
被難／被难 (bèinàn) (to be killed in a disaster, political incident, etc.)
見背／见背 (jiànbèi) (literary, of one's parents or elders)
見閻王／见阎王 (jiàn Yánwáng) (figurative)
見馬克思／见马克思 (jiàn Mǎkèsī) (communism, euphemistic)
謝世／谢世 (xièshì) (literary)
賓天／宾天 (bīntiān) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
走 (zǒu) (euphemistic)
走去踮 (Hokkien, euphemistic)
辭世／辞世 (císhì) (literary)
辭塵／辞尘 (cíchén) (literary, euphemistic)
逝世 (shìshì)
進棺材／进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
過世／过世 (guòshì)
過去／过去 (guòqù) (euphemistic)
過往／过往 (Hokkien, euphemistic, Teochew, euphemistic)
過身／过身 (guòshēn) (literary)
過面／过面 (Hokkien)
長山賣鴨卵／长山卖鸭卵 (Hakka, euphemistic)
長眠／长眠 (chángmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
閉眼／闭眼 (bìyǎn) (euphemistic)
隕落／陨落 (yǔnluò) (euphemistic)
離世／离世 (líshì) (euphemistic)
駕崩／驾崩 (jiàbēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
駕鶴西去／驾鹤西去 (jiàhèxīqù) (euphemistic)
駕鶴西遊／驾鹤西游 (jiàhèxīyóu) (euphemistic)
龍馭上賓／龙驭上宾 (lóngyùshàngbīn) (of an emperor)

Antonyms

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在世 (zàishì)
在生 (zàishēng)
活著／活着 (huózhe)
生存 (shēngcún)
生息 (shēngxī)

Derived terms