Chinese word

墓

Pronunciation

Pinyinmù

Meaning

  • noungrave

Example

我们去墓前祭拜祖先吧。wǒ men qù mù qián jì bài zǔ xiān ba

Let's go pay our respects to our ancestors at the grave.

Illustration for 墓 (grave)

More examples

考古队在古墓中发掘出完整的陪葬品。káo gǔ duì zài gǔ mù zhōng fā jué chū wán zhěng de péi zàng pǐn

The archaeological team unearthed a complete set of grave goods in an ancient tomb.

Core concept

A marked place where a dead person is buried, ranging from one grave to a larger burial ground.

Common phrases

  • 古墓gǔ mù

    ancient tomb

  • 墓碑mù bēi

    tombstone

  • 墓穴mù xué

    burial pit

Similar words

坟fén: An individual grave with a raised mound of earth.
墓地mù dì: A burial area where many graves are gathered.
墓碑mù bēi: A stone or marker engraved with a buried person's name and life dates.

Definition in Chinese

供悼念与安置遗体的处所，既可指单个坟墓，也可作为构词成分表示墓地等埋葬相关处所gōng dào niàn yǔ ān zhì yí tǐ de chù suǒ jì kě zhǐ dān gè fén mù yě kě zuò wéi gòu cí chéng fèn biǎo shì mù dì děng mái zàng xiāng guān chù suǒ

Word origin

墓 (mù, "grave") is a phono-semantic character: 土 (tǔ, "earth") signals a burial place, while 莫 (mò, "not") mainly supplies the sound.

Usage tips

  • When counting individual burial places, Chinese commonly uses the classifier 座 (zuò, "seat or structure") with 墓 (mù, "grave"), treating it as a physical site.

Related words

  • 古墓gǔ mùancient tombnoun
  • 墓穴mù xuéburial pitnoun
  • 墓室mù shìburial chambernoun

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