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Definition 2024

去世

去世

Chinese

		to go; to leave; to remove	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (去世)		去	世

Verb

去世

to pass away; to die

Synonyms

過身／过身 (guòshēn)
過世／过世 (guòshì)
逝世 (shìshì)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qùshì

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi³ sai³
Min Nan (POJ): khì-sè / khù-sè

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: qùshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiwshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    去世
    去勢／去势
    趣事
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: heoi³ sai³
  - Yale: heui sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoey³ sai³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯³³ sɐi̯³³/
  - Homophones:
    
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    去世
    去勢／去势
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-sè / khù-sè
  - Tâi-lô: khì-sè / khù-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiesex, quosex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ se²¹/, /kʰu²¹⁻⁵³ se²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ se⁴¹/, /kʰu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ se²¹/, /kʰu²¹⁻⁵³ se²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ se¹¹/, /kʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ se¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ se²¹/, /kʰu²¹⁻⁴¹ se²¹/