那位老爺爺死於癌症。

The old man died of cancer.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 那位 nàwèi
  1. significant other; partner
  2. that person
2 老爺爺 lǎoyéye
  1. (coll.) father's father's father
  2. paternal great-grandfather
3 死 sǐ
  1. to die
  2. impassable
  3. uncrossable
  4. inflexible
  5. rigid
  6. extremely
  7. damned
=4 於 yú
  1. (of time or place) in; at; on
  2. (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for
  3. (indicating a source) from; out of
  4. (used in comparison) than
  5. (used in the passive voice) by
=4 於 Yū
  1. surname Yu
  2. Taiwan pr. Yú
=4 於 wū
  1. (literary) Oh!
  2. Ah!
=5 癌症 áizhèng cancer
=5 癌症 áizhēng Alternative term for 癌症 (áizhèng, “cancer”).