逝 shì
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 折 to break, to snap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
逝世
shìshì
to pass away
Characters in this word
世 shì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这位翻译家逝世后，他的手稿被捐给了大学图书馆。 Zhè wèi fānyìjiā shìshì hòu, tā de shǒugǎo bèi juān gěi le dàxué túshūguǎn. After the translator passed away, his manuscripts were donated to the university library.
- 老校长逝世的消息让全校师生感到悲痛。 Lǎo xiàozhǎng shìshì de xiāoxi ràng quánxiào shīshēng gǎndào bēitòng. The news of the old principal's passing left the whole school grieving.
- 他逝世三年了，大家仍然常常想起他。 Tā shìshì sān nián le, dàjiā réngrán chángcháng xiǎngqǐ tā. Three years after he passed away, people still often think of him.
Related words
- 流逝 liúshì to pass; to elapse
- 去世 qùshì to pass away
- 世纪 shìjì century
- 世界 shìjiè world
- 世界杯 shìjièbēi World Cup
- 全世界 quánshìjiè the whole world
- 后世 hòushì later generations; posterity
- 家世 jiāshì family background; lineage
- 举世瞩目 jǔshìzhǔmù to attract worldwide attention
- 世代 shìdài generations; era
- 世故 shìgù worldliness; worldly sophistication
- 世间 shìjiān the world; human society