shāo
zhǐ

common

Meaning of 烧纸

烧纸 means to burn joss paper (as an offering to the dead). Pronounced shāo zhǐ.

  • to burn joss paper (as an offering to the dead)

Definitions & Examples

Měi
nián
qīng
míng
jié
 
rén
men
dōu
yào
shāo
zhǐ
 

Every year during Qingming Festival, people go to cemeteries to burn joss paper.

zài
kǒu
shāo
zhǐ
diàn
wáng
 

He burned paper money at the intersection to commemorate his deceased father.

Mín
jiān
rèn
wéi
shāo
zhǐ
gěi
xiān
sòng
qián
 

Folk belief holds that burning paper can send money to ancestors.