逝 (shì): (of flowing water or time) to pass by, to pass away, to die
逝 (shì) is a Chinese character meaning “(of flowing water or time) to pass by.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辶 (semantic) and 折 (phonetic). It ranks #2066 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 逝 walk. Its radical form 辶 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 边 (biān, side), 过 (guò, to pass, past), 还 (hái, still, return).
Definitions
- (of flowing water or time) to pass by
- to pass away
- to die
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 流逝verb | liú shì | (of time) to pass |
| 逝去verb | shì qù | to elapse |
| 消逝verb | xiāo shì | to fade away |
| 飞逝verb | fēi shì | (of time) to pass quickly |
| 逝世verb | shì shì | to pass away |
| 转瞬即逝phrase | zhuǎn shùn jí shì | (idiom) fleeting |
| 英年早逝phrase | yīng nián zǎo shì | to die an untimely death (idiom) |
| 稍纵即逝adjective | shāo zòng jí shì | transient |
| 早逝verb | zǎo shì | early demise |
| 病逝verb | bìng shì | to die of illness |
| 转眼即逝 | zhuǎn yǎn jí shì | to pass in an instant |
| 岁月流逝 | suì yuè liú shì | as time goes by (idiom) |
| 去逝 | qù shì | to pass away |
| 逝者noun | shì zhě | the dead |
| 长逝verb | cháng shì | to depart this life |
逝 appears in 20 compound words: 15 as the first character, 85 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 逝 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
写好逝字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo shì zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "逝" correctly, one must master the proper stroke order.
中国35岁指挥家李疏瞳纽约车祸逝世 所在乐团以演奏中国音乐闻名
zhōng guó 3 5 suì zhǐ huī jiā lǐ shū 瞳 niǔ yuē chē huò shì shì suǒ zài lè tuán yǐ yǎn zòu zhōng guó yīn lè wén míng
Chinese conductor Li Shutong died in a car accident in New York The orchestra is famous for playing Chinese music
吴中纯罹淋巴癌不到1个月病逝!名嘴曝真实案例“3天就走了”
wú zhōng chún 罹 lín bā ái bù dào 1 gè yuè bìng shì ! míng zuǐ pù zhēn shí àn lì 3 tiān jiù zǒu le
Wu Zhongchun died of lymphoma less than 1 month ago! Celebrities exposed real cases "3 days and left"
前TVB“御用烂仔”游飚猝逝终年57岁 好友黄文标叫救护车 送院前已...
qián T V B yù yòng làn zǐ yóu 飚 猝 shì zhōng nián 5 7 suì hǎo yǒu huáng wén biāo jiào jiù hù chē sòng yuàn qián yǐ . . .
Former TVB "Royal Rotten Boy" You Biao died suddenly at the age of 57 Friend Huang Wenbiao called an ambulance before being sent to the hospital...
前TVB“御用烂仔”游飚脑出血猝逝终年57岁 转行除甲醛捱逾20年变老板成...
qián T V B yù yòng làn zǐ yóu 飚 nǎo chū xiě 猝 shì zhōng nián 5 7 suì zhuǎn háng chú jiǎ 醛 捱 yú 2 0 nián biàn lǎo bǎn chéng . . .
Former TVB "Royal Rotten Boy" You Biao died suddenly of cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 57 After changing careers to remove formaldehyde for more than 20 years, he became a boss...
正论:留港消费情已逝 出境外游按年升
zhèng lùn : liú gǎng xiāo fèi qíng yǐ shì chū jìng wài yóu àn nián shēng
Commentary: Consumption in Hong Kong is gone, and outbound travel is increasing year-on-year
光阴飞逝如箭; 果蝇喜欢香蕉。
Guāngyīn fēishì rú jiàn; guǒyíng xǐhuan xiāngjiāo.
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
汤姆逝世于2013年10月20日。
Tāngmǔ shìshi yú 2013 nián 10 yuè 20 rì.
Tom passed away October 20, 2013.
她的美貌会随着时间而流逝。
Tā de měimào huì suí zhe shíjiān ér liúshì.
Her beauty will fade in time.
黑洞周围的时间要流逝得慢得多。
Hēidòng zhōuwéi de shíjiān yào liúshì de màn de duō.
Time passes more slowly around a black hole.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 辶 (walk) component
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