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瓜	U+74DC, 瓜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-74DC

← 瓛
[U+74DB]

CJK Unified Ideographs Category:CJK Unified Ideographs block#*0000029916

瓝 →
[U+74DD]

Category:Han script characters#%20瓜

Category:Character boxes with images#*0000012128

⽠	U+2F60, ⽠ KANGXI RADICAL MELON

← ⽟
[U+2F5F]

Kangxi Radicals Category:Kangxi Radicals block#*0000012128

⽡ →
[U+2F61]

Category:Han script characters#%20⽠

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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Radical 97 瓜

Category:Han character radicals#%20

瓜Category:Translingual lemmas#瓜00瓜 Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#瓜00瓜 Category:Translingual symbols#瓜00瓜 Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#瓜00瓜 Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#瓜00瓜 Category:Pages with entries#瓜 Category:Pages with 10 entries#瓜 Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#瓜 (Kangxi radical 97, 瓜+0, 5 strokes in Chinese, 6 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 竹女戈人 (HVIO) or 竹戈人 (HIO), four-corner 7223₀, composition ⿸𠂆⿰厶㇏ or ⿻𤓰丶)

Category:Han char with multiple canj Category:Han char with multiple ids Category:Han script characters#瓜00瓜 Category:Translingual Han characters with definition lines#瓜

Kangxi radical #97, ⽠.

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/瓜
呱, 坬, 孤, 弧, 㧓, 泒, 狐, 柧, 胍, 畖, 蛌, 觚, 軱(𮝴), 鈲(𨱃), 䩝, 䱄, 苽, 窊, 罛, 笟, 㽿

Additional Derived Characters

𠇗, 𡜁, 𨸯, 𥄼, 𥑔, 𭄱, 𧙆, 𦍳, 𦧔, 𮕟, 𧦼, 𧲲, 𧵟, 𧿼, 𨠋, 𮞖, 𩈕, 𩛃, 𩢍(𬳷), 𬷊
𠛒, 𣢚, 𦤻, 𪀅, 𡗷, 𤽡, 𦊡, 𩂡, 𢈅

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 746, character 1

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21371

Dae Jaweon: page 1154, character 14

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2654, character 1

Unihan data for U+74DC

Chinese

trad.		瓜
simp. ^#		瓜
alternative forms		苽

Wikipedia has articles on:

瓜 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Melon (English)
Gourd (English)
Radical 97 (English)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 瓜
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (瓜) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
瓜	*kʷraː
坬	*kʷraːs
窊	qʷraː, qʷraːs
畖	*qʷraː
搲	*qʷraːs
攨	*qʷraːs
孤	*kʷaː
苽	*kʷaː
胍	*kʷaː
泒	*kʷaː
呱	*kʷaː
觚	*kʷaː
柧	*kʷaː
罛	*kʷaː
軱	*kʷaː
菰	*kʷaː
箛	*kʷaː
狐	*ɡʷaː
弧	*ɡʷlaː

Pictogram (象形)Category:Han pictograms#瓜00 - a pictograph of a melon suspended by its vines.

Etymology 1

Etymology not clearCategory:Chinese terms with unknown etymologies#瓜00 (Schuessler, 2007).

Possibly a borrowing from Proto-Hmong-Mien Category:Chinese terms borrowed from Proto-Hmong-Mien#瓜00 Category:Chinese terms derived from Proto-Hmong-Mien#瓜00 *klˠa (“cucumber”) (Ostapirat, 2016).

Compare also Tibetan ཀུ་བ (ku ba, “gourd”), Burmese သခွား (sa.hkwa:, “cucumber”) (Luce, 1981).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): guā (gua¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gua¹

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): guǎ

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): guà

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гуа (gua, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwaa¹

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): gwaa¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ga¹
Gan (Wiktionary): gua¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kôa

(Hailu, HRS): gua^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): gua¹
Jin (Wiktionary): gua¹
Northern Min (KCR): guá
Eastern Min (BUC): guă
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gua¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): koe / koa

(Teochew, Peng'im): guê¹

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): gue¹ / gua¹
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gwaa¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹ko / ¹kua / ¹kuo
- (Jinhua): ¹kua
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gua¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guā
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gua
  - Wade–Giles: kua¹
  - Yale: gwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gua
  - Palladius: гуа (gua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: gua¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua⁵⁵/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: guǎ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua²¹/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: guà
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): gua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua³¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гуа (gua, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwaa¹
  - Yale: gwā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː⁵⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: gwaa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷa²¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: gua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôa
  - Hakka Romanization System: gua^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gua¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ku̯a²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gua^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /kua⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gua¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kua⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: gua¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kua¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: guá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: guă
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gua¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe
  - Tâi-lô: kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koef
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kue³³/
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /kuɛ⁵⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa
  - Tâi-lô: kua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koaf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kua³³/

Note:

Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taiwan:
- koe - vernacular;
- koa - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kue
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kue³³/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: gue¹ / gua¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kuɛ³⁵/, /kua³⁵/

Note:

gue1 - vernacular;
gua1 - literary.

Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: gwaa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷa⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Suzhou, Kunshan, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ¹ko
  - MiniDict: ko^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ko
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ko⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /ko⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /ko⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ko⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /ko⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /ko⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /ko⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /ko⁵³/
- (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹kua
  - MiniDict: kua^平
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /kua⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /kuɑ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /kua³³⁴/
- (Northern: Chongming, Shaoxing, Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ¹kuo
  - MiniDict: kuo^平
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /kuo⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /kuo⁵²/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /kuo⁵²/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ¹kua
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /kuɑ³³⁴/

Note:

1ko - vernacular;
1kua - literary.

Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: gua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 瓜
Mandarin	Beijing	/kua⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/kua⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/kuɑ²¹/
	Jinan	/kua²¹³/
	Qingdao	/kua²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/kua²⁴/
	Xi'an	/kua²¹/
	Xining	/kua⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/kua⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/kua³¹/
	Ürümqi	/kua⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/kua⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/kua⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/kua⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/kua̠⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/kuɑ³¹/
	Hefei	/kua²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kua¹¹/
	Pingyao	/kuɑ¹³/
	Hohhot	/kua³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ko⁵³/ /kua⁵³/
	Suzhou	/ko⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/kuɑ³³/
	Wenzhou	/kuo³³/
Hui	Shexian	/kua³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/kuːə¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/kua³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/kuɒ³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/kuɑ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/kua⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/kuɑ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kwa⁵⁵/
	Nanning	/kʷa⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/kwa⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kua⁵⁵/ /kue⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kua⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kua⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kue³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/kue²³/

Middle Chinese: kwae

Rime
Character	瓜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古華切
Baxter	kwae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠua/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/kua/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaɨ/
Li Rong	/kua/
Wang Li	/kwa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaa¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷˤra/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʷraː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	瓜
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guā
Middle Chinese	‹ kwæ ›
Old Chinese	/*kʷˁra/
English	melon, gourd
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瓜
Reading #	1/1
No.	4340
Phonetic component	瓜
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	瓜
Old Chinese	/*kʷraː/

Definitions

瓜Category:Chinese lemmas#瓜00 Category:Chinese hanzi#瓜00 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#瓜00 Category:Pages with entries#瓜 Category:Pages with 10 entries#瓜 Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#瓜

melon; gourd; squash
西瓜 ― xīguā ― watermelonCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

南瓜 ― nánguā ― pumpkinCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

冬瓜 ― dōngguā ― winter melonCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
(Mainland China Category:Mainland China Chinese#瓜00, slang Category:Chinese slang#瓜00, neologism Category:Chinese neologisms#瓜00) storyful news
今年最大的瓜 ― jīnnián zuìdà de guā ― the most storyful news this yearCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

See also: 吃瓜
(Singapore Category:Singapore Chinese#瓜00, colloquial Category:Chinese colloquialisms#瓜00) fellow; dude
a surnameCategory:Chinese surnames#瓜00

Compounds

Descendants

→ Bouyei: gval
→ Zhuang: gve
→ Thai: กวา (gwaa)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to Mandarin 掛 'to die'?”)Category:Requests for etymologies in Chinese entries#瓜00

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa¹
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gua¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwaa¹
  - Yale: gwā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: gua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠³³/

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Definitions

瓜Category:Chinese lemmas#瓜00 Category:Chinese hanzi#瓜00 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#瓜00 Category:Pages with entries#瓜 Category:Pages with 10 entries#瓜 Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#瓜

(Wuhan Mandarin Category:Wuhan Mandarin#瓜00, Cantonese Category:Cantonese Chinese#瓜00, Xiang Category:Xiang Chinese#瓜00, humorous Category:Chinese humorous terms#瓜00) to die
- 1954, 朱頂鶴, 陳雲, directed by 譚伯葉, 鄧轟, and 陳中堅, 好女十八嫁 [Eighteen Marriages of a Smart Girl], spoken by 阮母 (梁淑卿 [Leung Suk Hing]):
  
  你話你衰口衰面沖瓜人哋個仔呀，將來人哋唔容許你，呢處你都咪使旨意返嚟啊！ [Cantonese, trad.]
  你话你衰口衰面冲瓜人哋个仔呀，将来人哋唔容许你，呢处你都咪使旨意返嚟啊！ [Cantonese, simp.]
  nei⁵ waa⁶ nei⁵ seoi¹ hau² seoi¹ min⁶ cung¹ gwaa¹ jan⁴ dei⁶ go³ zai² aa⁴, zoeng¹ loi⁴ jan⁴ dei⁶ m⁴ jung⁴ heoi² nei⁵, ni¹ syu³ nei⁵ dou¹ mai⁵ sai² zi² ji³ faan¹ lei⁴ aa³! [Jyutping]
  Say you "ward off" their son to death with your dejected face. If they don't keep you in the future, you don't stand a chance of coming back here!
  Category:Cantonese terms with quotations

Synonyms

(to die):

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下世 (xiàshì) (formal)
上天 (shàngtiān) (euphemistic)
上路 (shànglù) (euphemistic)
不在 (bùzài) (euphemistic)
不幸 (bùxìng) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
不祿 / 不禄 (bùlù) (archaic, euphemistic, of military officers)
亡
亡故 (wánggù) (literary)
仙逝 (xiānshì) (euphemistic)
仙遊 / 仙游 (xiānyóu) (euphemistic)
作古 (zuògǔ) (literary, euphemistic)
做鬼 (zuòguǐ) (colloquial)
傾世 / 倾世 (qīngshì) (literary)
傾亡 / 倾亡 (qīngwáng) (literary)
入寂 (rùjì) (Buddhism, of Buddhist monks)
凋謝 / 凋谢 (diāoxiè) (to die of old age)
化去 (huàqù) (euphemistic)
升天 (shēngtiān) (euphemistic)
即世 (jíshì) (literary)
去世 (qùshì)
合眼 (héyǎn) (euphemistic)
喪亡 / 丧亡 (sàngwáng) (literary)
喪命 / 丧命 (sàngmìng) (euphemistic)
喪生 / 丧生 (sàngshēng) (euphemistic)
嗚呼 / 呜呼 (wūhū) (euphemistic)
嗝屁 (gěpì) (Mandarin, vulgar, dysphemistic)
嚥氣 / 咽气 (yànqì) (colloquial)
回老家 (huí lǎojiā) (euphemistic, humorous)
圓寂 / 圆寂 (yuánjì) (of Buddhist monks or nuns)
壽終正寢 / 寿终正寝 (shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn) (euphemistic)
失氣 / 失气 (shīqì) (literary)
安息 (ānxī) (euphemistic)
安眠 (ānmián) (euphemistic)
小喇叭兒吹了 / 小喇叭儿吹了 (xiǎo lǎbār chuī le) (Beijing Mandarin)
就義 / 就义 (jiùyì) (to die a martyr)
崩 (bēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
崩殂 (bēngcú) (Classical, of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
彈老三 / 弹老三 (Northern Wu, informal, humorous)
往生 (wǎngshēng) (euphemistic)
忽然 (hūrán) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
掛 / 挂 (guà) (slang, humorous)
故 (gù)
故世 (gùshì) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
故去 (gùqù) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
斃命 / 毙命 (bìmìng) (pejorative)
早死 (zǎosǐ)
晏駕 / 晏驾 (yànjià) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
枯死 (kūsǐ) (literary, figurative)
棄世 / 弃世 (qìshì) (literary)
歸天 / 归天 (guītiān) (euphemistic)
歸西 / 归西 (guīxī) (euphemistic)
歸道山 / 归道山 (guī dàoshān) (literary, euphemistic)
死 (sǐ)
死亡 (sǐwáng) (formal)
死人 (sǐrén)
死去 (sǐqù) (informal)
死掉 (sǐdiào) (informal)
死翹翹 / 死翘翘 (sǐqiàoqiào) (informal, humorous)
死脫 / 死脱 (⁵shi-theq) (Wu)
殞 / 殒 (yǔn) (archaic)
氣絕 / 气绝 (qìjué) (literary)
永眠 (yǒngmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
沒世 / 没世 (mòshì) (literary)
沉眠 (chénmián) (euphemistic)
消忒 (Hakka, euphemistic)
物化 (wùhuà) (literary)
狗帶 / 狗带 (gǒudài) (slang, neologism)
畢命 / 毕命 (bìmìng) (formal, euphemistic)
病亡 (bìngwáng) (to die of illness)
病故 (bìnggù) (to die of illness)
病死 (bìngsǐ) (to die of illness)
病逝 (bìngshì) (to die of illness)
瘐死 (yǔsǐ) (of deaths in prison)
百年歸老 / 百年归老 (bǎiniánguīlǎo) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
盡命 / 尽命 (jìnmìng) (literary, euphemistic)
終 / 终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds, euphemistic)
絕 / 绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
翹辮子 / 翘辫子 (qiào biànzi) (informal, humorous)
老了 (lǎo le) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
蒙主寵召 / 蒙主宠召 (méngzhǔchǒngzhào) (Christianity, euphemistic)
薨 (hōng) (Classical Chinese, of feudal lords or high officials)
薨逝 (hōngshì) (of feudal lords)
被難 / 被难 (bèinàn) (to be killed in a disaster, political incident, etc.)
見背 / 见背 (jiànbèi) (literary, of one's parents or elders)
見閻王 / 见阎王 (jiàn Yánwáng) (figurative)
見馬克思 / 见马克思 (jiàn Mǎkèsī) (communism, euphemistic)
謝世 / 谢世 (xièshì) (literary)
賓天 / 宾天 (bīntiān) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
走 (zǒu) (euphemistic)
走去踮 (Hokkien, euphemistic)
身亡 (shēnwáng) (formal, usually from unnatural causes)
辭世 / 辞世 (císhì) (literary)
辭塵 / 辞尘 (cíchén) (literary, euphemistic)
逝世 (shìshì)
進棺材 / 进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
過世 / 过世 (guòshì)
過去 / 过去 (guòqù) (euphemistic)
過往 / 过往 (Hokkien, Teochew, euphemistic)
過身 / 过身 (guòshēn) (literary)
過面 / 过面 (Hokkien)
長山賣鴨卵 / 长山卖鸭卵 (Hakka, euphemistic)
長眠 / 长眠 (chángmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
閉眼 / 闭眼 (bìyǎn) (euphemistic)
隕落 / 陨落 (yǔnluò) (euphemistic)
離世 / 离世 (líshì) (euphemistic)
駕崩 / 驾崩 (jiàbēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
駕鶴西去 / 驾鹤西去 (jiàhèxīqù) (euphemistic)
駕鶴西遊 / 驾鹤西游 (jiàhèxīyóu) (euphemistic)
龍馭上賓 / 龙驭上宾 (lóngyùshàngbīn) (of an emperor)

Dialectal synonyms of 死 (“to die”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		死, 亡, 歿, 卒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		死, 死亡, 亡故, 喪生, 喪命, 去世 †, 過世 †, 逝世 †, 離世 †, 下世 †, 不在 †, 過去 †, 仙逝 †, 歸天 †, 歸西 †, 升天 †, 作古 †, 長眠 †, 閉眼 †, 故去 †, ‡, 故世 †, ‡, 一命嗚呼, 謝世, 離開人間
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	死, 撂, 撂條, 故去 †, 吹燈 †, 吹燈拔蠟 †, 吹臺 †, 老 †, ‡, 踹腿 ¤, 踹腿兒 ¤, 踹 ¤, 回姥姥家 ¤, 彎回去 †, 毛兒提 Hui
	Taiwan	死, 過世 †
	Harbin	死, 老 †, ‡, 伸腿兒 ¤, 伸腿 ¤, 蹬腿兒 ¤, 奔兒咕 ¤, 桿兒屁 §, 桿兒細 §, 吹燈拔蠟
	Singapore	死, 死掉, 死翹翹, 過世 †, 去世 †, 上天堂 †, 賣鹹鴨蛋 †
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	死, 歿, 過去 †, 老 †, ‡, 不在 †, ‡, 王八 §, 完蛋, 完錢, 完活, 無常 Hui, 歸主 Hui, 歸真 Hui
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	死, 老 †, ‡, 上西天 §
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	死, 過去, 過世, 下世, 亡故, 不在, 升天, 去世 †, 老 †, ‡, 擱那兒 ¤
	Wanrong	死, 歿, 老 †, ‡
	Xi'an	死, 不在 †, 老 †, ‡, 無常 Hui
	Xining	歿
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	死, 走 †, 歿 Hui, 歸真 Hui, 冒提 Hui, 口喚 Hui, 無常 Hui, 完 Hui
	Lanzhou	死, 過世 †, 緩下 †, 躺下 †
	Ürümqi	死, 過世 †, 不在 †
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	死, 過去 †, 不在 †, 去 †, 過世 †, 老 †, ‡, 撬桿兒 §, 撬桿 §, 翹辮子 §, 見馬克思, 歸天, 去陰國, 爬高煙囪, 落氣, 冰凊, 沒脈
	Wuhan	死, 過身 †, 去 †, 老 †, ‡, 去回 ¤, 翹辮子 ¤, 翹 ¤, 瓜碼子 ¤, 瓜 ¤, 西皮
	Guiyang	死, 過世 †, 成神 †, ‡, 百年歸天 †, ‡, 嗚呼 ¤
	Guilin	死
	Liuzhou	死, 沒得脈, 過世 †, 過身 †, 沒在 †, 哦嚄
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	死, 過世 †, 歸天 †, ‡, 不在 †, 嗝兒得 ¤, 翹辮子 ¤
	Yangzhou	死, 不在 †, 走 †, 家去吃去 ¤, 家去 ¤, 翹辮子 ¤, 翹 ¤, 駝條 §
	Hefei	死, 不在 †, 老 †
Cantonese	Guangzhou	死, 過身 †, 過世 †, 老 †, ‡, 百年歸老 †, ‡, 去別有天 †, ¤, 去大煙筒 †, ¤, 瓜 ¤, 瓜老襯 ¤, 收檔 ¤, 攞竇 ¤, 進竇 §, 瓜竇, 直, 瓜直, 死直, 攤直, 雙腳撐直, 伸直腳, 拉柴, 瓜柴, 褸席, 歸西, 歸天, 食黃泥, 入黃泥窿, 入窿, 玩完, 嫌米貴, 瞇埋眼, 一 argot, 唔食廣東米
	Hong Kong	死, 過身 †, 走 †, 香 †, 去 †, 唔喺度 †, 百年歸老 †, 賣鹹鴨蛋 †, 兩腳一伸 †, 仙遊 †, 拜拜 †, 去閻羅王處報到 †, 瓜 ¤, 瓜老襯 ¤, 拉柴, 瓜柴, 釘蓋, 釘, 直, 歸西, 玩完, ham
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	過身
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	過身
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	過身, 死
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	過身
	Macau	過身, 去
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	過身, 死
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	死
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	過身, 死
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	去歸, 過身
	Foshan	過身, 死
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	死, 過身
	Foshan (Shunde)	過身
	Foshan (Sanshui)	過身
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	死
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	過身
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	死
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	過身, 死
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	死, 過身
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	過身, 死
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	死, 過身
	Taishan	死, 善, 去
	Kaiping (Chikan)	死, 登仙
	Enping (Niujiang)	過身, 死
	Heshan (Yayao)	死
	Dongguan	死, 老 †, 去返 †, 去舊時嗰處 †, 視埋眼 †, 伸直腳 †, 入罌 †, 拉柴 §, 去大煙筒 §
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	死, 過身
	Yangjiang	死, 過輩 †, 老 †, ‡, 老大 †, ‡
	Singapore (Guangfu)	死, 過身 †
Gan	Nanchang	死, 過世 †, 老 †
	Lichuan	死
	Pingxiang	死, 過 †, 走路 †, 老 †, ‡, 去
Hakka	Meixian	死, 老, 過身 †, 消 †, 老壽 †, ‡
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	過身, 香 †
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	過身, 死
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	死, 過身
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	死
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	死, 過身
	Yudu	死, 過世 †, 過套 †, 過身 †, 轉去 †, 轉該背 †, 歸仙 †, 轉老外婆裡 ¤
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	死, 消, 過身 †, 往生 †, 上神桌 †, 轉長山賣鴨卵 †
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	死, 消, 過身 †, 往生 †, 上神桌 †, 轉長山賣鴨卵 †
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	死, 消, 過身 †, 往生 †, 上神桌 †, 轉長山賣鴨卵 †
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	死, 消, 過身 †, 往生 †, 上神桌 †, 轉長山賣鴨卵 †
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	死, 消, 過身 †, 往生 †, 上神桌 †, 轉長山賣鴨卵 †
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	消
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	死, 過身 †, 上神桌 †, 轉長山賣鴨卵 †
	Hong Kong	過身, 老
Huizhou	Jixi	死, 過世 †, 過輩 †, 過身 †, 不在 †, 過老 §, 過邊 §, 進棺材 §, 進風水 §, 翹扁 §, ¤
Jin	Taiyuan	死, 沒啦 †, 走 †, 過去 †, 老 †, ‡, 老客 †, ‡
Jin	Xinzhou	死, 回老家 †, 硬 §, 㞗朝天 of a man, vulgar, 倒蕎麥皮
Northern Min	Jian'ou	死, 過身 †, 老 †, ‡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	死, 過去 †, 過世 †, 過後 †, 歸西 †, 百歲 †, 老去 †, ‡, 堯街去 ¤, 堯生去 ¤, 溜翹 ¤, 殂 ¤, 去算米數 ¤, 去外媽食齋 ¤, 去外媽 ¤, 去䁐廬山 ¤, 去厝去 ¤, 睏長暝眠 ¤, 翹齋 ¤, 揭兜去 ¤, 拔直去 ¤, 上天去 ¤, 生去 ¤, 𣪟去 ¤, 䁐松柏樹 ¤, 䁐松柏 ¤, 轉祖 §
Southern Min	Xiamen	死, 過身 †, 過氣 †, 百歲 †, ‡, 百年 †, ‡, 百歲年老 †, ‡, 行去 †, 無去 †, 㾀 †, 去塗州賣鴨卵 †, 老去 †, ‡, 老咯 †, ‡, 蟯 ¤, 蟯歹 ¤, 蟯癱 ¤, 行雞 ¤, 馬滴 §
	Quanzhou	死, 過身 †, 過氣 †, 百歲 †, ‡, 百年 †, ‡, 無去 †, 去塗州賣鴨卵 †, 老去 †, ‡, 老咯 †, ‡, 行雞 ¤, 馬滴 §
	Yongchun	死, 過身 †, 老去 †, ‡
	Zhangzhou	死, 過身 †, 過氣 †, 百歲 †, ‡, 百年 †, ‡, 百歲年老 †, ‡, 行去 †, 無去 †, 起身 †, 去塗州賣鴨卵 †, 老去 †, ‡, 老咯 †, ‡, 蟯 ¤, 蟯歹 ¤, 蟯癱 ¤, 行雞 ¤, 誆牽 §, 㾀 §, 㾀歹 §, 馬滴 §
	Taipei	死去, 老 †, ‡, 過身 †
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	死去, 老去 †, ‡, 往生 †, 過身 †
	Kaohsiung	死去, 老去 †, ‡, 行去 †, 往生 †, 無佇咧 †, 過身 †, 轉去 †
	Yilan	死去, 老去 †, ‡, 往生 †, 無佇咧 †, 過身 †, 過往 †
	Changhua (Lukang)	死去, 老 †, ‡, 無去 †, 過身 †, 轉去 †
	Taichung	死去, 往生 †, 過身 †
	Tainan	死去, 老去 †, ‡, 行去 †, 往生 †, 無佇咧 †, 過身 †, 轉去 †, 去塗州賣鴨卵 †, 去蘇州賣鴨卵 †, 轉去塗州賣鴨卵 †, 轉去蘇州賣鴨卵 †
	Hsinchu	曲去, 去咯 †, 往生 †, 過身 †, 老去 †, ‡
	Kinmen	死去, 往生 †, 過身 †, 行去 †
	Penghu (Magong)	死去, 往生 †, 過身 †, 老去 †, ‡
	Singapore (Hokkien)	死, 馬滴, 死翹翹, 過身 †, 百年 †, ‡, 百歲 †, ‡, 過氣 †, 起車 †, 老去 †, ‡, 老咯 †, ‡, 行去 †, 蟯去 †, 吭跤翹 †, 交登記 †
	Manila (Hokkien)	死, 死去, 過面 †, 過身 †, 老去 †, ‡
	Chaozhou	死, 過身 †, 過世 †
	Jieyang	過身, 吭跤翹, 吭翹
	Singapore (Teochew)	死, 過身
	Leizhou	死, 過世 †, 過輩 †, 過目焗 ¤, 直筒 §, 刮薯減米 §
	Haikou	死, 過層 †, ‡, 老 †, ‡, 貓使 §
	Singapore (Hainanese)	死
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	死
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	死, 瓜老襯, 過世, 歸西
Wu	Shanghai	死, 故 †, 過世 †, 嘸沒 †, 一腳去 †, 翹辮子 §, ¤, 彈老三 §, 翹老三 §
	Shanghai (Chongming)	死, 老 †, 故 †, 翹辮子 ¤
	Suzhou	死, 壞, 去, 過世 †, 翹辮子 §
	Danyang	死
	Hangzhou	死, 故 †, 過世 †, 翹辮兒 ¤, 到龍駒塢去
	Shaoxing	死
	Ningbo	死, 翹辮子 §, 過世 †, 嘸沒 †, 死脫 §, 燂茶, 山裡去, 吃豆腐羹, 嘸沒來的 †, 老 †
	Wenzhou	死, 冇 †, 過輩 †, ‡, 蹻 ¤
	Jinhua	死, 過世 †, 過輩 †, 弗在 †, 老 †, ‡
Xiang	Changsha	死, 過 †, 去 †, 瓜, 彈, 彈四郎
	Loudi	死, 過世 †, 故 †, 上岸 †
	Shuangfeng	死, 過世 †, 故 †
	Hengyang	死
Note	† - euphemistic; ‡ - usually of the elderly; ¤ - humorous; § - derogatory/disrespectful