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死 vs 死亡 vs 逝世(近义词)

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Definition

die;inflexible/die/die

Example

用法1
1)死,死亡 and 逝世 all mean"the end of life".逝世 is only applied to human beings,being more formal and reverential.死 can be applied to both human beings and animals.死亡 is very formal and is applied to human beings and things related to human beings.
2)From the examples above one can see 逝世 is more reverential,so it ought to be used in example where it would be improper to use 死.In example②it means 生and 死 in general,so 死 can be used.In example③死 ought to be used as here the subject is a dog.In examples④and⑤死亡 is used as the first is legal language and the second is a metaphor.Both are rather formal.
1
Jīntiān
今天
shì
zhōngguó
中国
zhùmíng
著名
zuòjiā
作家
lǎoshě
老舍
xiānsheng
先生
shìshì
逝世
shí
四十
zhōunián
周年
niàn
纪念日
  

Today is the 40th anniversary of he death of Lao She,a very famous writer in China.

2
Tángdài
唐代
wěi
伟大
shīrén
诗人
杜甫
shēng
生于
gōngyuán
公元
712
712
nián
  
,
gōngyuán
公元
770
770
nián
  

Du Fu,the poet of the Tang Dynasty.was born in 712 AD.and hed in 770 AD.

3
men
我们
jiā
de
xiǎogǒu
小狗
le
  

My lovely puppy died.

用法2
1)Meaning"rigid,stiff"
2)Meaning"no thoroughfare"
3)Indicating very high degree,the limit,used as the complen or adverbial:
4
Zhè
tiáo
shuǐgōu
水沟
de
shuǐ
shì
shuǐ
死水
  
,
gānjìng
干净
  

The water in the small ditch is not running,so it's very dirty.

5
zhège
这个
rén
kǎo
考虑
wèn
问题
zěnme
怎么
zhème
这么
ā
  
?
diǎnr  
一点儿
línghuó
灵活
xìng
dōu
méiyǒu
没有
  

Why is you so inflexible? There's no flexibility in it.

6
men
我们
xuéxiào
学校
de
xuésheng
学生
shè
宿舍
wǎnshang
晚上
10
10
diǎn
dēng
熄灯
  
,
zhè
shì
tiáo
guīju
规矩
  
,
néng
gēnggǎi
更改
  

Turning off lights at 10 pm is a rigid rule,and nobody is permitted to break it.