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葬

zàng

HSK 6 Character

What 葬 means

1. to bury (the dead)
2. to inter

Other readings

葬 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zàngold variant of {葬|zàng}

Example sentences

• 葬礼是昨天。
  The funeral was yesterday.
• 她被安葬在她的家乡。
  Tā bèi ānzàng zài tā de jiāxiāng.
  She was buried in her hometown.
• 她埋葬了她的独生子。
  Tā máizàng le tā de dúshēngzǐ.
  She has buried her only son.
• 谁去看了今天的葬礼？
  Who saw the funeral today?
• 汤姆的葬礼订在这周末。
  Tom's funeral will be this weekend.
• 很多人都参加了他的葬礼。
  Hěn duō rén dōu cānjiā le tā de zànglǐ.
  Many attended his funeral.

Words starting with 葬

• 葬礼zàng lǐburial; funeral
• 葬送zàng sòngto hold a funeral procession and burial; to give sb a final send-off…
• 葬身zàng shēnto bury a corpse; to be buried; (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc)
• 葬仪zàng yífuneral; obsequies
• 葬埋zàng máito bury
• 葬式zàng shìfuneral
• 葬玉埋香zàng yù mái xiānglit. burying jade and interring incense (idiom); funeral for a beautiful person
• 葬身鱼腹zàng shēn yú fùlit. to be buried in the bellies of fish (idiom); fig. to drown

Words containing 葬

• 埋葬mái zàngto bury
• 安葬ān zàngto bury (the dead)
• 墓葬mù zàng(archeology) grave; tomb
• 火葬场huǒ zàng chǎngcrematorium
• 送葬sòng zàngto participate in funeral procession; to attend a burial
• 陪葬péi zàngto be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects)
• 天葬tiān zàngsky burial (Tibetan funeral practice)
• 下葬xià zàngto bury; to inter
• 火葬huǒ zàngto cremate
• 殡葬bìn zàngfuneral and interment
• 丧葬sāng zàngfuneral and interment
• 合葬hé zàngto bury husband and wife together; joint interment
• 国葬guó zàngstate funeral
• 土葬tǔ zàngburial (in earth)
• 树葬shù zàngburial of cremated remains at the foot of a tree
• 海葬hǎi zàngburial at sea (usu. performed by scattering cremains from a ship)
• 落葬luò zàngto bury the dead
• 乱葬岗luàn zàng gǎngunmarked burial mound; untended graveyard; mass grave
• 丧葬费sāng zàng fèifuneral expenses
• 墓葬区mù zàng qūburial area
• 墓葬群mù zàng qúnburial complex (archaeology)
• 陪葬品péi zàng pǐnfunerary objects (items buried together with the dead)
• 随葬品suí zàng pǐnburial goods; burial gifts
• 厚养薄葬hòu yǎng bó zànggenerous care but a thrifty funeral; to look after one's parents generously, but not…

Characters that look like 葬

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

• 筹chóuchip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)…
• 菲fēiluxuriant (plant growth); rich with fragrance; phenanthrene C14H10
• 募mùto canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 犀xīrhinoceros; sharp
• 幂mì(math) power; exponent; to cover with a cloth; cloth cover; veil
• 孱cànused in 孱头

Sounds the same

Read zàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 藏storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture
• 脏viscera; (anatomy) organ
• 奘(literary) strong; robust (used in personal names); (colloquial) coarse; boorish
• 臧old variant of 藏; old variant of 脏