夭逝 yāoshì to die young Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 夭 yāo to die young (bound form) to die prematurely; to die young, as seen in 夭折 yāozhé or 早夭 zǎoyāo逝 shì verb to die (bound form) to pass away; a respectful way to refer to someone dying, or a literary term for, someone's death