quá cố
Pronunciation
Northern
/kwaː˧˥ ko˧˥/
Central
/kwa̰ː˩˧ ko̰˩˧/
Southern
/waː˧˥ ko˧˥/
Listen
pass away
Verb
pass away
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1 senses
2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
pass away Family, Relationships & Life Events
To cease to live or to undergo the end of life; to pass away.
vi Bố mẹ của ông ấy đều đã quá cố từ lâu.
en His parents both passed away long ago.
Parts
quá / cố / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 過故 …
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Parts
quá / cố / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 過故 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 過故
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
過故
Candidates by syllable
quá
過
cố
故（固 / 顧）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
quá cỡ / pass away
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Similar
quá cỡ / pass away
Use
quá khứ / quá sức / thái quá / quá giang …
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Use
quá khứ / quá sức / thái quá / quá giang …