逝去

Chinese

		depart; die	to go; to leave; to remove
trad. (逝去)		逝	去
simp. #(逝去)		逝	去

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìqù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄑㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai⁶ heoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìqù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄑㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhcyù
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-chʻü⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-chyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhchiuh
    • Palladius: шицюй (šicjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 拭去 識趣／识趣 逝去

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai⁶ heoi³
    • Yale: saih heui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai⁶ hoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei⁶ hêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯²² hɵy̯³³/

Verb

逝去

1. to pass away; to die

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, derogatory)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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) (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)
• 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)
• 身亡 (shēnwáng) (formal, usually from unnatural causes)
• 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)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
逝	去
せい Grade: S	きょ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞ːkʲo̞]

Noun

逝(せい)去(きょ) • (seikyo) 

1. death

Antonyms

• 誕生(たんじょう) (tanjō, “birth”)
• 出生(しゅっしょう) (shusshō, “birth”)

Verb

逝(せい)去(きょ)する • (seikyo suru) intransitive suru (stem 逝(せい)去(きょ)し (seikyo shi), past 逝(せい)去(きょ)した (seikyo shita))

1. pass away; to die

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:死ぬ

   社長(しゃちょう)は昨日(きのう)ご逝去(せいきょ)されました。

   Shachō wa kinō go seikyo saremashita.

   The president passed away yesterday.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "逝去する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	逝去し	せいきょし	seikyo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	逝去し	せいきょし	seikyo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	逝去する	せいきょする	seikyo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	逝去する	せいきょする	seikyo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	逝去すれ	せいきょすれ	seikyo sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	逝去せよ¹ 逝去しろ²	せいきょせよ¹ せいきょしろ²	seikyo seyo¹ seikyo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	逝去される	せいきょされる	seikyo sareru
Causative	逝去させる 逝去さす	せいきょさせる せいきょさす	seikyo saseru seikyo sasu
Potential	逝去できる	せいきょできる	seikyo dekiru
Volitional	逝去しよう	せいきょしよう	seikyo shiyō
Negative	逝去しない	せいきょしない	seikyo shinai
Negative continuative	逝去せず	せいきょせず	seikyo sezu
Formal	逝去します	せいきょします	seikyo shimasu
Perfective	逝去した	せいきょした	seikyo shita
Conjunctive	逝去して	せいきょして	seikyo shite
Hypothetical conditional	逝去すれば	せいきょすれば	seikyo sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
逝	去

Noun

逝去 • (seogeo) (hangeul 서거)

1. hanja form^? of 서거 (“death”)