死亡

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǐwáng

(Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² mong⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sí-mòng
Min Nan (POJ): sí-bông
Wu (Wiktionary): sr vaan (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sǐwáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄨㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syywang
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei² mong⁴
  - Yale: séi mòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei² mong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi² mong⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ mɔːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sí-mòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi` mongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi³ mong²
  - IPA: /ɕi³¹ moŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-bông
  - Tâi-lô: sí-bông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sy'boong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ²³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: sr vaan (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩³³ v̻ɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

死亡

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

Verb

死亡

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

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 死亡

上天 (shàngtiān) (euphemistic)
不在 (bùzài) (euphemistic)
不行 (bùxíng) (euphemistic)
亡故 (wánggù) (literary)
仙逝 (xiānshì) (euphemistic)
仙遊／仙游 (xiānyóu) (euphemistic)
作古 (zuògǔ) (literary, euphemistic)
做鬼 (zuòguǐ) (colloquial)
升天 (shēngtiān) (euphemistic)
去世 (qùshì)
喪命／丧命 (sàngmìng) (formal)
喪生／丧生 (sàngshēng) (euphemistic)
嗝屁 (gěpì) (Mandarin, vulgar, derogatory)
圓寂／圆寂 (yuánjì) (of Buddhist monks or nuns)
斃命／毙命 (bìmìng)
棄世／弃世 (qìshì) (literary)

歸天／归天 (guītiān) (euphemistic)
死 (sǐ)
死亡 (formal)
死去 (sǐqù) (informal)
死掉 (sǐdiào) (informal)
永眠 (yǒngmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
物化 (wùhuà) (literary)
瓜 (guā) (Cantonese, slang, humorous)
走了 (zǒule) (euphemistic)
逝世 (shìshì)
過世／过世 (guòshì)
過身／过身 (guòshēn) (literary)
釘／钉 (dīng) (Cantonese, slang)
長眠／长眠 (chángmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
離世／离世 (líshì) (euphemistic)

Derived terms

Derived terms from 死亡

嬰兒死亡率／婴儿死亡率
宣告死亡
意外死亡 (yìwài sǐwáng)
死亡人數／死亡人数 (sǐwáng rénshù)
死亡保險／死亡保险
死亡學／死亡学
死亡宣告
死亡教育
死亡無日／死亡无日

死亡率 (sǐwánglǜ)
死亡登記／死亡登记
死亡約會／死亡约会
死亡給付／死亡给付
死亡線／死亡线
死亡證／死亡证
死亡證明／死亡证明
死亡證明書／死亡证明书 (sǐwáng zhèngmíngshū)
死亡證書／死亡证书 (sǐwáng zhèngshū)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (死亡):

Japanese: 死 (し)亡 (ぼう) (shibō)
Korean: 사망 (死亡, samang)
Vietnamese: tử vong (死亡)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ɕibo̞ː]

Noun

死亡 (hiragana しぼう, rōmaji shibō, historical hiragana しばう)

death

Usage notes

Used in formal situations, such as in news broadcasts to categorize states of a person as opposed to 生 (せい)存 (ぞん) (seizon) (survived), 負 (ふ)傷 (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 (たん)生 (じょう) (tanjō) (birth), 結 (けっ)婚 (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 (し)去 (きょ) (shikyo), 死没 (しぼつ) (shibotsu)

Derived terms

死 (し)亡 (ぼう)記 (き)事 (じ) (shibō kiji): an obituary
死 (し)亡 (ぼう)者 (しゃ) (shibōsha): a deceased person, the dead
死 (し)亡 (ぼう)者 (しゃ)数 (すう) (shibōshasū): the number of deaths, the death toll
死 (し)亡 (ぼう)診 (しん)断 (だん)書 (しょ) (shibō shindansho): a death certificate
死 (し)亡 (ぼう)証 (しょう)明 (めい)書 (しょ) (shibō shōmeisho): a death certificate
死 (し)亡 (ぼう)証 (しょう)書 (しょ) (shibō shōsho): a death certificate
死 (し)亡 (ぼう)通 (つう)知 (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 (し)亡 (ぼう)賜 (し)金 (きん) (shibō shikin): (archaic) in past times, a payment to the surviving family of a government official who died on the job
死 (し)亡 (ぼう)表 (ひょう) (shibōhyō): a mortality table, an actuarial table
死 (し)亡 (ぼう)保 (ほ)険 (けん) (shibō hoken): term insurance, term life insurance

Verb

死亡する (intransitive, hiragana しぼうする, rōmaji shibō suru, historical hiragana しばうする)

to die

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	死亡し	しぼうし	shibō shi
Continuative (連用形)	死亡し	しぼうし	shibō shi
Terminal (終止形)	死亡する	しぼうする	shibō suru
Attributive (連体形)	死亡する	しぼうする	shibō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	死亡すれ	しぼうすれ	shibō sure
Imperative (命令形)	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.

Korean

Hanja in this term
死	亡

Noun

死亡 • (samang) (hangeul 사망)

Hanja form^? of 사망 (“death”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
死	亡

Noun

死亡

Hán tự form of tử vong, “death”

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