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"to die" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn
走 zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning) syn
死 sǐ to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned syn
死亡 sǐ wáng to die / death syn
去世 qù shì to pass away / to die syn
逝世 shì shì to pass away / to die syn
挂 掛 guà to hang / to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried / to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital) / to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill / to die / to be finished / to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects syn
没 沒 mò drowned / to end / to die / to inundate syn
死去 sǐ qù to die syn
过世 過世 guò shì to die / to pass away syn
死人 sǐ rén dead person / (coll.) to die / (of a death) to happen syn
身亡 shēn wáng to die syn
没命 沒命 méi mìng to lose one's life / to die / recklessly / desperately syn
丧生 喪生 sàng shēng to die / to lose one's life syn
逝去 shì qù to elapse / to pass away / to die / demise
上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days) syn
呜呼 嗚呼 wū hū alas / alack / welladay / wellaway / to die syn
无常 無常 wú cháng variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die syn
葬身 zàng shēn to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc) syn
升天 shēng tiān lit. to ascend to heaven / to die syn
断气 斷氣 duàn qì to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply syn
归西 歸西 guī xī to die (euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise) syn
咽气 嚥氣 yàn qì to die / to breathe one's last syn
陨落 隕落 yǔn luò to fall down / to decay / to fall from the sky / to die
辞世 辭世 cí shì to die / to depart this life (euphemism) / same as 去世 syn
物化 wù huà to objectify / (literary) to die syn
作古 zuò gǔ to die / to pass away syn
殒命 殞命 yǔn mìng to die / to perish syn
故去 gù qù to die / death syn
归天 歸天 guī tiān to die syn
亡故 wáng gù to die / to pass away syn
与世长辞 與世長辭 yǔ shì cháng cí to die / to depart from the world forever syn
羽化 yǔ huà levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion syn
倒头 倒頭 dǎo tóu to lie down / to die
不讳 不諱 bù huì without concealing anything / to pass away / to die syn
身故 shēn gù to die syn
仙逝 xiān shì to die / to depart this mortal coil syn
去逝 qù shì to pass away / to die
谢世 謝世 xiè shì to die / to pass away syn
故世 gù shì to die / to pass away syn
逝 shì (of flowing water or time) to pass by / to pass away / to die syn
丧 喪 sàng to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) / to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) / to die / disappointed / discouraged syn
卒 zú soldier / servant / to finish / to die / finally / at last / pawn in Chinese chess syn
殒 殞 yǔn (literary) to perish / to die syn
殁 歿 mò to end / to die syn
殂 cú to die syn
下世 xià shì to die / future incarnation / next life / to be born / to come into the world / future generation syn
永眠 yǒng mián to pass away / to die / to rest eternally
弃世 棄世 qì shì to leave this world / to die syn
翘辫子 翹辮子 qiào biàn zi (coll.) to die / to kick the bucket syn
一命呜呼 一命嗚呼 yī mìng wū hū to die (idiom) / to breathe one's last / to give up the ghost syn
歾 mò to end / to die
涅槃 niè pán (Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain) / to die (loanword from Sanskrit, abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4pan2na4])
上西天 shàng xī tiān (Buddhism) to go to the Western Paradise / (fig.) to die syn
丢命 丟命 diū mìng to die
乘鹤 乘鶴 chéng hè to fly on a crane / to die
乘龙 乘龍 chéng lóng to ride the dragon / to die (of emperors and kings)
了却此生 了卻此生 liǎo què cǐ shēng to live out one's life / to die
交粮本 交糧本 jiāo liáng běn to hand in one's ration cards / to die
作古人 zuò gǔ rén to die / to pass away
卆 zú variant of 卒[zu2], soldier / to die
命赴黄泉 命赴黃泉 mìng fù huáng quán to visit the Yellow Springs / to die syn
丧亡 喪亡 sàng wáng to die
寿数已尽 壽數已盡 shòu shù yǐ jǐn to die (when one's predestined life span is up)
大限到来 大限到來 dà xiàn dào lái to die / one's allocated lifespan is accomplished
就木 jiù mù to be placed in a coffin / (fig.) to die
崩殂 bēng cú (of an emperor) to die
往生 wǎng shēng to be reborn / to live in paradise (Buddhism) / to die / (after) one's death
捐背 juān bèi to die
晏驾 晏駕 yàn jià to die (exclusively of the Emperor)
归真 歸真 guī zhēn to die (Buddhism) / to return to Allah (Islam)
永逝 yǒng shì gone forever / to die
沦没丧亡 淪沒喪亡 lún mò sàng wáng to die / to perish
见马克思 見馬克思 jiàn mǎ kè sī to die / lit. to visit Marx / to pass away
跨鹤 跨鶴 kuà hè to die / to fly on a crane
跨鹤扬州 跨鶴揚州 kuà hè yáng zhōu lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou / to become a Daoist immortal / to die
跨鹤西游 跨鶴西遊 kuà hè xī yóu to die syn
进了天堂 進了天堂 jìn le tiān táng to die / to enter the hall of heaven
陨命 隕命 yǔn mìng variant of 殞命|殒命[yun3 ming4] / to die / to perish
离开人世 離開人世 lí kāi rén shì to die / to leave this world
过身 過身 guò shēn to die / to pass away
与世永别 與世永別 yǔ shì yǒng bié to die
撒手人寰 sā shǒu rén huán to leave one's mortal frame (idiom) / to die syn
死翘翘 死翹翹 sǐ qiào qiào to die / to drop dead
仙去 xiān qù to become an immortal / (fig.) to die
毕命 畢命 bì mìng to die (in an accident etc) / to have one's life cut short
见阎王 見閻王 jiàn yán wáng (coll.) to meet one's maker / to kick the bucket / to die
骑鹤化 騎鶴化 qí hè huà (Daoism) to die
嗝屁 gé pì (dialect) (loanword) to die / to give up the ghost
Chinese Pinyin Translation
寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn
死难 死難 sǐ nàn to die in an accident / to die for a just cause syn
板牙 bǎn yá incisor / molar / screw die / threading die syn
病死 bìng sǐ to fall ill and die / to die of illness
断子绝孙 斷子絕孫 duàn zǐ jué sūn to die without progeny / (offensive) may you die childless / may you be the last of your family line syn
暴卒 bào zú to die of sudden illness / to die suddenly syn
淘汰 táo tài to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out syn
永恒 永恆 yǒng héng eternal / everlasting / fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die) syn
死神 sǐ shén mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death syn
灭绝 滅絕 miè jué to become extinct / to die out / to lose (sth abstract) completely / to exterminate syn
灭亡 滅亡 miè wáng to be destroyed / to become extinct / to perish / to die out / to destroy / to exterminate syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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