sǐ wáng
die; death
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他死于心脏病。
tā sǐ yú xīn zàng bìng.
He died of a heart attack.
她死于癌症。
tā sǐ yú ái zhèng.
She died of cancer.
他们死于车祸。
tā men sǐ yú chē huò.
They died in a car accident.
逝世 (shìshì)
pass away
去世 (qùshì)
die
出生 (chūshēng)
birth
生存 (shēngcún)
survival
The Chinese word 死亡 (sǐwáng) for "death" is composed of two characters: 死 (sǐ) and 亡 (wáng). The character 死 originally meant "to stop breathing" or "to cease to exist", and was often used in ancient Chinese texts to refer to the death of a person. The character 亡 originally meant "to perish" or "to be destroyed", and was often used in ancient Chinese texts to refer to the destruction of a country or a dynasty. Over time, the two characters came to be used together to refer to the death of a person, and the compound word 死亡 became the standard Chinese word for "death".
