去世
HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 5
去世 (qùshì) · to pass away
去世 (qùshì) means “to pass away; to die”. It is written with 2 characters: 去 (to go) + 世 (generation). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 去世 is built
The characters
去 qù · to go
What 去 is made of
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 厶sī — private
世 shì · generation
What 世 is made of
- 廿niàn — twenty
- 廾gǒng — two hands
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: Three leaves on a branch (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他的爷爷去年去世了。Tā de yéye qùnián qùshì le.His grandfather passed away last year.
她母亲去世以后，她很难过。Tā mǔqīn qùshì yǐhòu, tā hěn nánguò.After her mother passed away, she was very sad.
Questions about 去世
What does 去世 mean?
去世 (qùshì) means “to pass away; to die”.
How do you pronounce 去世?
去世 is pronounced qùshì.
Which HSK level is 去世?
去世 is in HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 出去chūqùto go out
- 回去huíquto go back
- 进去jìnqùto go in
- 去年qùniánlast year
- 过去guòqùthe past
- 看上去kàn shangquto look
- 上去shàngqùto go up
- 失去shīqùto lose
- 下去xiàqùto go down
- 去qùto go
Learn 去世 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 83: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.