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墓

mù

HSK 6 Character

What 墓 means

1. grave
2. tomb
3. mausoleum

Example sentences

• 这是谁的坟墓？
  Whose tomb is this?
• 摇篮里学的带到坟墓。
  What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.
• 他们被埋在一座大坟墓里
  Tāmen bèi mái zài yī zuò dà fénmù lǐ
  They were buried in a mass grave.
• 让苔藓盖上我的坟墓吧。
  Ràng táixiǎn gàishang wǒ de fénmù ba.
  Let moss cover my grave.
• 这个汉墓中发现了帛书。
  Zhège hàn mù zhōng fāxiàn le bó shū.
  In this tomb from the Han dynasty, a book was found.
• 他们被埋在一座大坟墓里。
  They were buried in a mass grave.

Words starting with 墓

• 墓地mù dìcemetery; graveyard
• 墓碑mù bēigravestone; tombstone
• 墓穴mù xuétomb; grave
• 墓葬mù zàng(archeology) grave; tomb
• 墓园mù yuáncemetery; graveyard
• 墓志铭mù zhì míngepitaph
• 墓主mù zhǔoccupant of tomb; person buried
• 墓场mù chǎnggraveyard
• 墓塔mù tǎfunerary pagoda
• 墓石mù shítombstone; gravestone
• 墓志mù zhìinscribed stone tablet placed in a tomb; memorial inscription on such a tablet
• 墓道mù dàopath leading to a grave; tomb passage; aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient…
• 墓葬区mù zàng qūburial area
• 墓葬群mù zàng qúnburial complex (archaeology)
• 墓坑mù kēngtomb pit
• 墓窖mù jiàocatacomb

Words containing 墓

• 坟墓fén mùgrave; tomb
• 公墓gōng mùpublic cemetery
• 陵墓líng mùtomb; mausoleum
• 古墓gǔ mùold tomb (archaeology)
• 扫墓sǎo mùto sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)
• 故墓gù mùold tomb
• 盗墓dào mùto rob a tomb
• 大墓地dà mù dìnecropolis
• 古墓丽影Gǔ mù Lì yǐngTomb Raider (computer game)
• 教堂墓地jiào táng mù dìchurchyard
• 无名战士墓wú míng zhàn shì mùTomb of the Unknown Soldier
• 无名烈士墓wú míng liè shì mùtomb of the unknown soldier
• 掘墓工人jué mù gōng réngrave digger
• 古墓葬群gǔ mù zàng qún(archeology) burial complex
• 盗墓贼dào mù zéitomb robber; grave robber
• 自掘坟墓zì jué fén mùto dig one's own grave
• 集体坟墓jí tǐ fén mùmass grave
• 掘墓鞭尸jué mù biān shīto exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)
• 祠墓cí mùmemorial hall and tomb
• 五人墓碑记Wǔ Rén Mù bēi jìFive Men's Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 张溥
• 阿灵顿国家公墓Ā líng dùn Guó jiā Gōng mùArlington National Cemetery in Washington DC, USA
• 八宝山革命公墓Bā bǎo shān Gé mìng Gōng mùBabaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Shijingshan District, Beijing
• 扫墓节Sǎo mù jiésee 清明节

Characters built on 莫

These share the phonetic component 莫 (mò), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 慕mùto admire
• 募mùto canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 暮mùevening; sunset

Characters that look like 墓

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 幕mùcurtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general
• 慕mùto admire
• 募mùto canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 蒸zhēngto evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 暮mùevening; sunset
• 摹mó(bound form) to imitate; to copy

Sounds the same

Read mù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 目eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 慕to admire
• 木(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
• 幕curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general
• 牧to herd; to breed livestock; to govern (old)
• 沐to bathe; to cleanse; to receive
• 睦amicable; harmonious
• 暮evening; sunset
• 穆solemn; reverent; calm
• 募to canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 牟used in 牟平; used in 中牟
• 钼molybdenum (chemistry)