# 化去
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huàqù
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄑㄩˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huàqù
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄑㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huàcyù
*** Wade–Giles: hua$^4$-chʻü$^4$
*** Yale: hwà-chyù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahchiuh
*** Palladius: хуацюй (xuacjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: xwaeH khjoH
Rime :
| Character | 化 | 去 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (99) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 呼霸切 | 丘倨切 |
| Baxter | xwaeH | khjoH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hˠua$^H$/ | /kʰɨʌ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hʷᵚa$^H$/ | /kʰiɔ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xua$^H$/ | /kʰiɔ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hwaɨ$^H$/ | /kʰɨə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /xua$^H$/ | /kʰiɔ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /xwa$^H$/ | /kʰĭo$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /xwa$^H$/ | /kʰi̯wo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huà | qù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | faa$^3$ | heoi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰˤ<r>aj-s [k]ʰ(r)ap-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hŋʷraːls kʰas/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 化 | 去 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | huà | qù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xwæ$^H$ › | ‹ khjo$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʷʰˁ<r>aj-s/ | /*[k]ʰ(r)ap-s/ |
| English | transform | depart |
| 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 | 化 | 去 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| No. | 5327 | 10687 |
| Phonetic component | 化 | 去 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 化 | 㰦 |
| Old Chinese | /*hŋʷraːls/ | /*kʰas/ |

### Verb

化去
* to ascend to heaven and become an immortal
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Jū jiǔ zhī, Lǐ Shàojūn bìngsǐ. Tiānzǐ yǐwèi huàqù bùsǐ, ér shǐ Huáng Chuí Shǐ Kuānshū shòu qí fāng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (euphemistic) to pass away
    From: 5th century, Tao Yuanming, 《讀＜山海經＞》
    Tóng wù jì wúlǜ, huàqù bùfù huǐ. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* (to die):
* 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)
* 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, derogatory)
* 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 ($^5$shi-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)
* 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)
* 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) (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)
* 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, euphemistic, 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)