扫
墓

To sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) in Chinese: 扫墓 (sǎo mù)

sǎo mù

to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 掃墓1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)

Stroke order

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扫
墓

Zhuyin

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ㄙㄠˇ

sǎo

ㄙ/ sㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄇㄨˋ

mù

ㄇ/ mㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

扫墓

Simplified

掃墓

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 每年这个时候我们都去给祖先扫墓。

    měi nián zhè ge shí hòu wǒ men dōu qù gěi zǔ xiān sǎo mù。

    Every year around this time we go to sweep our ancestors' graves.

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Related words

扫

sǎo

to sweep

墓

mù

grave

打扫

dǎ sǎo

to clean

坟墓

fén mù

grave

公墓

gōng mù

public cemetery

墓碑

mù bēi

gravestone

墓地

mù dì

cemetery

扫除

sǎo chú

to sweep

扫描

sǎo miáo

to scan

扫兴

sǎo xìng

to spoil things

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