BURY 埋葬葬
PUT a DEAD HUMAN OR ANIMAL INTO a HOLE in the EARTH.
Old Chinese Criteria
2. The general word for human burial and funeral arrangements is zàng 葬. For the ritual aspects of funeral practice the standard word is sāng 喪. See MOURNING
3. Bìn 殯 is a formal ritual term referring to the placing of a dead person in a coffin.
4. Shōu 收 is a formal ritual term for preparing a dead person for formal burial.
5. Yì 瘞 is a formal ritual term sometimes referring to preliminary or informal burial, but more regularly to the sacrificial burial of gifts for the deceased.
6. Kēng 坑 is the burying of one or more persons alive, as punishment, or as an emergency burial of large numbers of persons. See EXECUTE
7. Fù 祔 refers in a formal and technical way to the current practice of burying a person in the same grave as someone else, and to the ritual of placing the name tablet of the deceased next to that of someone with whom he was to be ritual associated.
8. Gǎi zàng 改葬 refers to ritual reburial.
9. Sì 肂 is a rare technical term for "preliminary burial".
10. Biǎn 窆 is a rare technical term for "lower into the grave".
11. Diàn 奠 refers to the sacrifice before the enterment of the body. See SACRIFICE
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
SACRIFICE 13.
奠，對人死至葬前所進行的祭祀，置酒食於地。
享，以熟物致祭。
薦，無牲（大型家畜）而祭。
餽，以飲食致祭鬼神。
祼，酌酒灌地而祭祖先。
酹，以酒灑地而祭，不限於祖先。
[ 食＋巂 ] ，以酒酹地而祭，側重其少。
餟，以酒酹地而祭，又為將諸神祭座連綴而祭。
Modern Chinese Criteria
葬埋
葬
瘞
入土
埋
掩埋
埋藏
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
- A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
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BUCK 1988)
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11.81 - Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien
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DOEDERLEIN 1840)
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BURY
funus refers to the mere carrying out of the dead body of the deceased.
exsequiae refers to the formal procession of relatives and friends as part of the funeral proceedings.
pompa refers to the formal procession of relatives and friends as part of the funeral proceedings, but with special reference to the carrying along of symbols and pictures of the deceased.
BURY
sepelire refers to burial as the more or less formal enterment of the remains of a dead person as a proper and technical expression.
condere reers to burial as a general and softer expression.
humare refers to bural as despositing a dead body in the earth, as the last part of a burial.
tumulare "to make a proper mound in the place where the dead body lies".
- Traite elementaire des synonymes grecques
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DUFOUR 1910)
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168 - Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen
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FINSTERBUSCH 2000)
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814 Totengebet etc
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130 - Lateinische Synonymik
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MENGE)
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103 - Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise
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REY 2005)
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4.727 - 中國文化史三百題
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SANBAITI 1987)
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388+404 - "Sachwoerterbuch zum Alten China"
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UNGER SACH)
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BESTATTUNG
GRABGELEITE (burying other persons with the deceased 殉
- 王力古漢語字典
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WANG LI 2000)
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858 窆，塴，封，堋
- Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary
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TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996)
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310 - Encyclopedia of Religion
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JONES 2005)
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FUNERAL RITES
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PAULY 1894-1973)
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3.331 BESTATTUNG
- Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens
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1.978 - Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography
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ROBERTS 1998)
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347 - Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung
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FRANKE 1989)
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Words
葬 zàng OC: tsaaŋs MC: tsɑŋ 62 AttributionsWD
The general word for human burial and funeral arrangements is zàng 葬. For the ritual aspects of funeral practice the standard word is sāng 喪. See MOURNING
- Word relations
- Epithet: 厚/ABUNDANT
Hòu 厚 (ant. báo 薄 "meagerly supplied with something") primarily refers to man-made or man-caused generous abundance, prototypically in contexts such as hospitality or exchange of presents. >>ARTIFICIAL
- Syntactic words
- nabactpractice of burying; burial; funeral; the funeral proceedings; the cortège
- vt(oN)bury the contextually determiante person
- vt+prep+Npassivebe buried at/in
- vt[oN]conduct burials; conduct a burial
- vtoNbury, inter
- vtoNpassiveget buried NB: 而葬此
- vtt(oN1.)+N2bury the contextually determinate person N1 at the place N2
- vttoN1.+N2burry N1 at the place N2DS
埋 mái OC: mɢrɯɯ MC: mɣɛi
霾 mái OC: mɢrɯɯ MC: mɣɛi 40 AttributionsWD
Mái 埋 is the very general word for concrete interment, the placing of any object in the ground by digging a whole for it.
- Syntactic words
- nabactfuneral
- vt(oN)bury
- vtoNbury by simply digging (someone) into the ground; dig (objects) into the ground
- vtoNN=nonhudig (something) ritually into the ground (without the use of a coffin)
- vtoNobject=inanimatebury (something other than remains of animate beings)
- vttoN1.+prep+N2figurativecause N1 to sink into N2 (as into a hole in the ground)
殯 bìn OC: pins MC: pin 17 AttributionsWD
Bìn 殯 is the placing of a dead person in a coffin.
- Syntactic words
- nabactthe placing of the corpse into the coffin
- vt(oN)put the contextually determinate person/ the deceased into a coffin to await burial DCD 1.死者入殮后停柩以待葬。
- vtoNput into a coffin for burial
- vtoNpassivebe encoffined; be put into a coffin
喪 sāng OC: smaaŋ MC: sɑŋ 14 AttributionsWD
Sāng 喪 is a common-use ritual term for funeral arrangements.
- Word relations
- Relat: 哀/GRIEF
The current general word for deep sorrow is āi 哀 (ant. lè 樂 "profound joy"), and this word refers to an inner state of mind that typically finds expression in ritualised action.
- Syntactic words
- nab.adNfuneralLZ
- nabactburial; funeral
- vt[oN]bury deceasedCH
- vtoNconduct proper funeral rites for (the dead)
坑 kēng OC: khraaŋ MC: khɣaŋ 8 AttributionsWD
Kēng 坑 is the buring of one or more persons alive, as punishment, or as an emergency burial of large numbers of persons. See EXECUTE
- Syntactic words
- nabactmass burial in a ditch
- vtoNbury alive in a pit 坑儒生
- vtoNmiddle voicebe buried in a ditch
殉 xùn OC: sɢʷlins MC: zʷin 4 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabactthe burying of others to honour a distinguished deceased person
- nobjectperson buried to honour a distinguished deceased individual
- vtoNfigurativelead to death in a higher cause; destroy for a higher cause
祔 Click here to add pinyin OC: MC: 4 AttributionsWD
Fù 祔 refers to the current practice of burying a person in the same grave as someone else, and to the ritual of placing the name tablet of the deceased next to that of someone with whom he was to be ritual associated.
- Syntactic words
- vt[oN]bury husband and wife together
- vtoNbury (someone) in a shared grave
改葬 gǎi zàng OC: klɯɯʔ tsaaŋs MC: kəi tsɑŋ 4 AttributionsWD
Gǎi zàng 改葬 refers to ritual reburial.
- Syntactic words
- VPt(oN)rebury the contextually determinate person
- VPtoNrebury
葬埋 zàng mái OC: tsaaŋs mɢrɯɯ MC: tsɑŋ mɣɛi 4 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabactburial in general; the practice of burying people
- VPtoNN=humanbury
- VPtoNN=nonhubury
收 shōu OC: qjiw MC: ɕɨu 2 AttributionsWD
Shōu 收 is to prepare a dead person for formal burial.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNcollect for burial
- vtoNpassivebe collected for burial
藏 zàng OC: sɡaaŋs MC: dzɑŋ 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNbury
瘞埋 yì mái OC: qrebs mɢrɯɯ MC: ʔiɛi mɣɛi 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPt(oN)ombury the contextually determinate person
- VPtoNpassiveget buried
堋 bèng OC: pɯɯŋs MC: pəŋ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vt[oN]put the body in the ground
斂 liǎn OC: ɡ-romʔ MC: liɛm 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vt(oN1.)post-VtoN2bury the contextually determinate N1 V-ing the N2
肂 sì OC: plils MC: si 1 AttributionWD
Sì 肂is a rare technical term for "preliminary burial".
- Syntactic words
- vtoNbury preliminarily
- vtoNpassivebe put in a preliminary shallow grave
殯葬 bìn zàng OC: pins tsaaŋs MC: pin tsɑŋ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNbury in a proper ritual style
火葬 huǒ zàng OC: qphaalʔ tsaaŋs MC: hʷɑ tsɑŋ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vt[oN]to bury with fire > cremate
為殉 wéi xùn OC: ɢʷal sɢʷlins MC: ɦiɛ zʷin 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPtpost-.vt+N{OBJ}bury N together with a deceased noble person
窀穸 zhūn xī OC: tun MC: ʈʷin ziɛk 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabactburial
安措 ān cuò cù MC: 'an tshuH OC: qaan skhaaɡsLZ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNburyLZ
宅兆 zhái zhào MC: draek drjewX OC: brlaaɡ ɡrlewʔLZ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPburial placeLZ
收藏 shōu zàng MC: syuw dzangH OC: qjiw sɡaaŋsDS 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPt(oN)藏通葬: bury the contextually determinate NDS
厝 cuò OC: skhaaɡ MC: tshɑk 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNput to rest> bury (compare 措"put")
墐 jìn OC: ɡrɯns MC: gin 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNbury
瘞 yì OC: qrebs MC: ʔiɛi 0 AttributionsWD
Yì 瘞 refers to preliminary or informal burial.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNHOUHANSHU: provide an informal burial for 瘞而不葬 "bury informally without proper ritual burial"
- vtoNpassivebe buried in a preliminary or informal way
窆 biǎn OC: proms MC: piɛm 0 AttributionsWD
Biǎn 窆 is a rare technical term for lowering a dead body into the grave
- Syntactic words
- vtoNlower (coffin) into the grave ZHOULI
薶 mái OC: mɢrɯɯ MC: mɣɛi 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNbury
喪葬 sàng zàng OC: smaaŋs tsaaŋs MC: sɑŋ tsɑŋ 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabactfuneral arrangements of all kinds
送終 sòng zhōng OC: sooŋs tjuŋ MC: suŋ tɕuŋ 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabactfuneral
白 bái OC: braaɡ MC: bɣɛk 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vadNrelated to funeral activities (at which white garments were worn)
埋卻 mái què OC: mɢrɯɯ khaɡ MC: mɣɛi khi̯ɐk 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPtoN
Click here to add pinyin MC: OC: LZ 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPburial placeLZ
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