| 去世 | qù shì | to pass away / to die |   |
| 逝世 | shì shì | to pass away / to die | |
| 不在 | bù zài | not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased | |
| 上天 | shàng tiān | Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days) | |
| 上山 | shàng shān | to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise | |
| 逝去 | shì qù | to elapse / to pass away / to die / demise | |
| 无常 | wú cháng | variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die | |
| 过世 | guò shì | to die / to pass away | |
| 不讳 | bù huì | without concealing anything / to pass away / to die | |
| 离世 | lí shì | (archaic) to live in seclusion / to pass away | |
| 圆寂 | yuán jì | death / to pass away (of Buddhist monks, nuns etc) | |
| 凋落 | diāo luò | to wither (and drop off) / to wilt / to pass away | |
| 驾崩 | jià bēng | (of an emperor) to pass away | |
| 作古 | zuò gǔ | to die / to pass away | |
| 亡故 | wáng gù | to die / to pass away | |
| 去逝 | qù shì | to pass away / to die | |
| 谢世 | xiè shì | to die / to pass away | |
| 故世 | gù shì | to die / to pass away | |
| 逝 |  shì | (of flowing water or time) to pass by / to pass away / to die | |
| 永眠 | yǒng mián | to pass away / to die / to rest eternally | |
| 作古人 | zuò gǔ rén | to die / to pass away | |
| 升遐 | shēng xiá | to pass away (of an emperor) | |
| 示寂 | shì jì | to pass away (of a monk or nun) | |
| 见背 | jiàn bēi | (formal, tactful) (of an elder) to pass away | |
| 见马克思 | jiàn Mǎ kè sī | to die / lit. to visit Marx / to pass away | |
| 过身 | guò shēn | to die / to pass away | |
| 弃养 | qì yǎng | to abandon (a child, elderly family member, pet etc) / (literary) (of one's parents) to pass away | |
| 见背 | jiàn bèi | (formal, tactful) (of an elder) to pass away | |
