薨逝
Chinese
| death of a prince; swarming | depart; die | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (薨逝) | 薨 | 逝 | |
| simp. #(薨逝) | 薨 | 逝 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hōngshì
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥ ㄕˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hongshìh
- Wade–Giles: hung1-shih4
- Yale: hūng-shr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hongshyh
- Palladius: хунши (xunši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwang1 sai6
- Yale: gwāng saih
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwang1 sai6
- Guangdong Romanization: gueng1 sei6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɐŋ⁵⁵ sɐi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
薨逝
Synonyms
- 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, dysphemistic)
- 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)
- 死亡 (sǐwáng) (formal)
- 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)
- 狗帶 / 狗带 (gǒudài) (slang, neologism)
- 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)
- 瘐死 (yǔsǐ) (of deaths in prison)
- 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) (Christianity, euphemistic)
- 薨 (hōng) (Classical Chinese, of feudal lords or high officials)
- 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)
- 見馬克思 / 见马克思 (jiàn Mǎkèsī) (communism, euphemistic)
- 謝世 / 谢世 (xièshì) (literary)
- 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)
- 辭塵 / 辞尘 (cíchén) (literary, euphemistic)
- 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, 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)