死亡

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	to die; to perish
trad. (死亡)		死	亡
simp. #(死亡)		死	亡

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 死亡

1. death

   瀕臨死亡／濒临死亡  ―  bīnlín sǐwáng  ―  to be at death's door

Verb

死亡

1. (formal) to die

   因病死亡  ―  yīn bìng sǐwáng  ―  to die from an illness

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)
• 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)
• 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)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (死亡):

• → Japanese: 死亡(しぼう) (shibō)
• → Korean: 사망(死亡) (samang)
• → Vietnamese: tử vong (死亡)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
死	亡
し Grade: 3	ぼう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

死(し)亡(ぼう) • (shibō) ^{←しばう (sibau)?}

1. death

Usage notes

Used in formal situations, such as in news broadcasts to categorize states of a person as opposed to 生存(せいぞん) (seizon) (survived), 負傷(ふしょう) (fushō) (injured), 行方不明(ゆくえふめい) (yukuefumei) (missing), 昏睡(こんすい) (konsui) (coma), etc., or as a life event as opposed to 誕生(たんじょう) (tanjō) (birth), 結婚(けっこん) (kekkon), etc. The general term for death is 死(し) (shi), and forms of 死(し)ぬ (shinu) are commonly used when talking about a death.

Synonyms

• 死去(しきょ) (shikyo), 死没(しぼつ) (shibotsu)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 死亡記事(しぼうきじ) (shibō kiji): an obituary
• 死亡者(しぼうしゃ) (shibōsha): a deceased person, the dead
• 死亡者数(しぼうしゃすう) (shibōshasū): the number of deaths, the death toll
• 死亡診断書(しぼうしんだんしょ) (shibō shindansho): a death certificate
• 死亡証明書(しぼうしょうめいしょ) (shibō shōmeisho): a death certificate
• 死亡証書(しぼうしょうしょ) (shibō shōsho): a death certificate
• 死亡通知(しぼうつうち) (shibō tsūchi): a notification or announcement of someone's death
• 死亡率(しぼうりつ) (shibōritsu): a death rate, rate of mortality, a fatality rate
• 死亡一時金(しぼういちじきん) (shibō ichijikin): under the Japanese national pension system, a lump sum payment to surviving family members
• 死亡賜金(しぼうしきん) (shibō shikin): (archaic) in past times, a payment to the surviving family of a government official who died on the job
• 死亡表(しぼうひょう) (shibōhyō): a mortality table, an actuarial table
• 死亡保険(しぼうほけん) (shibō hoken): term insurance, term life insurance

Verb

死(し)亡(ぼう)する • (shibō suru) ^{←しばう (sibau)?}intransitive suru (stem 死(し)亡(ぼう)し (shibō shi), past 死(し)亡(ぼう)した (shibō shita))

1. to die

Conjugation

Conjugation of "死亡する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	死亡し	しぼうし	shibō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	死亡し	しぼうし	shibō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	死亡する	しぼうする	shibō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	死亡する	しぼうする	shibō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	死亡すれ	しぼうすれ	shibō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	死亡せよ¹ 死亡しろ²	しぼうせよ¹ しぼうしろ²	shibō seyo¹ shibō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	死亡される	しぼうされる	shibō sareru
Causative	死亡させる 死亡さす	しぼうさせる しぼうさす	shibō saseru shibō sasu
Potential	死亡できる	しぼうできる	shibō dekiru
Volitional	死亡しよう	しぼうしよう	shibō shiyō
Negative	死亡しない	しぼうしない	shibō shinai
Negative continuative	死亡せず	しぼうせず	shibō sezu
Formal	死亡します	しぼうします	shibō shimasu
Perfective	死亡した	しぼうした	shibō shita
Conjunctive	死亡して	しぼうして	shibō shite
Hypothetical conditional	死亡すれば	しぼうすれば	shibō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:死ぬ

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
死	亡

Noun

死亡 • (samang) (hangeul 사망)

1. hanja form^? of 사망 (“death”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
死	亡

Noun

死亡

1. chữ Hán form of tử vong (“death”).