qù 
		to go
to go to (a place)
(of a time etc) last
just passed
to send
to remove
to get rid of
to reduce
to be apart from in space or time
to die (euphemism)
to play (a part)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zǒu 
		to walk
to go
to run
to move (of vehicle)
to visit
to leave
to go away
to die (euph.)
from
through
away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3])
to change (shape, form, meaning)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mò 
		drowned
to end
to die
to inundate
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			sǐ 
		to die
impassable
uncrossable
inflexible
rigid
extremely
damned
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gù 
		happening
instance
reason
cause
intentional
former
old
friend
therefore
hence
(of people) to die, dead
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			guà 
		to hang or suspend (from a hook etc)
to hang up (the phone)
(of a line) to be dead
to be worried or concerned
to make a phone call (dialect)
to register or record
classifier for sets or clusters of objects
(slang) to kill
to die
to be finished
to fail (an exam)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cí shì 
		to die
to depart this life (euphemism)
same as 去世
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bìng sǐ 
		to fall ill and die
to die of illness
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mó 
		to rub
to grind
to polish
to sharpen
to wear down
to die out
to waste time
to pester
to insist
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiāo wáng 
		to die out
to wither away
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bù zhì 
		to die of illness or injury despite having received medical help
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wáng 
		to die
to lose
to be gone
to flee
deceased
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bù huì 
		without concealing anything
to pass away
to die
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shū 
		different
unique
special
very
(classical) to behead
to die
to cut off
to separate
to surpass
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cún wáng 
		to live or die
to exist or perish
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sàng shēng 
		to die
to lose one's life
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sǐ shǒu 
		to defend one's property to the death
to cling obstinately to old habits
die-hard
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mǐn 
		to vanish
to die out
to obliterate
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǔ huà 
		levitation (of Daoist immortal)
to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven
(in Daoism) to become immortal
to die
of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form
eclosion
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zú 
		soldier
servant
to finish
to die
finally
at last
pawn in Chinese chess
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xī 
		to extinguish
to put out (fire)
to quench
to stop burning
to go out (of fire, lamp etc)
to come to an end
to wither away
to die out
Taiwan pr. [xi2]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì qù 
		to elapse
to pass away
to die
demise
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shēng tiān 
		lit. to ascend to heaven
to die
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shàng tiān 
		Heaven
Providence
God
the day before
the sky above
to fly to the sky
to take off and fly into space
to die
to pass away
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xī miè 
		to stop burning
to go out (of fire)
to die out
extinguished
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wú cháng 
		variable
changeable
fickle
impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya)
ghost taking away the soul after death
to pass away
to die
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			táo tài 
		to wash out
elimination (by selection)
natural selection
to knock out (in a competition)
to die out
to phase out
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǔn luò 
		to fall down
to decay
to fall from the sky
to die
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shī chuán 
		(of skills etc) to die out
lost
extinct
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wǎng shēng 
		to be reborn
to live in paradise (Buddhism)
to die
(after) one's death
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǒng héng 
		eternal
everlasting
fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mǐn miè 
		to obliterate
to die out
to disappear
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yāo zhé 
		to die young or prematurely
to come to a premature end
to be aborted prematurely
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cǎn sǐ 
		to die tragically
to meet with a violent death
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sàng 
		to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc)
to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc)
to die
disappointed
discouraged
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			miè jué 
		to extinguish
to become extinct
to die out
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bì 
		to die
to shoot dead
to reject
to fall forward
(suffix) to death
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			nǐ sǐ wǒ huó 
		lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
two parties cannot coexist
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xùn 
		to be buried with the dead
to die for a cause