burn; cremate
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to burn (corpses, offerings, etc.); to cremate
Commonly used in funeral rites, referring to the burning of paper offerings (纸钱) for the deceased or the cremation of bodies.
Tā他
men们
àn按
zhào照
chuán传
tǒng统
xí习
sú俗
，
jiāng将
zhǐ纸
qián钱
shāo烧
huà化
gěi给
zǔ祖
xiān先
。
They burned paper money to their ancestors according to traditional customs.
Gǔ古
dài代
yǒu有
xiē些
dì地
fāng方
huì会
jiāng将
shì逝
zhě者
shāo烧
huà化
hòu后
ān安
zàng葬
gǔ骨
huī灰
。
In ancient times, some places would cremate the deceased before burying the ashes.
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Tā他
zài在
qīng清
míng明
jié节
shāo烧
huà化
le了
xǔ许
duō多
zhǐ纸
fáng房
zi子
hé和
zhǐ纸
chē车
。
He burned a lot of paper houses and paper cars during the Qingming Festival.