殉葬

Chinese

		buried with dead; die for a cause	bury (the dead)
trad. (殉葬)		殉	葬
simp. #(殉葬)		殉	葬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùnzàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄗㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon¹ zong³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sūn-chòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùnzàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄗㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùnzàng
    • Wade–Giles: hsün⁴-tsang⁴
    • Yale: syùn-dzàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunntzanq
    • Palladius: сюньцзан (sjunʹczan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon¹ zong³
    • Yale: sēun jong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen¹ dzong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên¹ zong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn⁵⁵ t͡sɔːŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-chòng
    • Tâi-lô: sūn-tsòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxnzoxng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹⁻²² t͡sɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sun²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ²¹/

Verb

殉葬

1. to be buried alive with the dead

Derived terms

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