墓 meaning in English

mù

grave; tomb

HSK 6noun13 strokes

Meaning of 墓

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

mù

grave
tomb
mausoleum

How to use 墓

墓 rarely stands alone in speech. It usually appears in compounds like 坟墓 (fénmù), 墓地 (mùdì) and 墓碑 (mùbēi). Example: 清明节我们去扫墓。(Qīngmíng jié wǒmen qù sǎomù.) We go to sweep the graves on Qingming Festival.

墓 (mù) has 莫 (mò) on top and 土 (tǔ, earth) at the bottom. Think of a place where a person is laid under the earth, and 莫 also hints at the sound mù.

Common mistake: Learners often confuse 墓 with other characters built on 莫, such as 幕 (mù, curtain), 慕 (mù, admire) and 暮 (mù, dusk). They sound alike, but only 墓 has 土 (earth) at the bottom.

墓 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā们men把bǎ他tā埋mái葬zàng在zài教jiào堂táng旁páng的de墓mù园yuán。

They buried him in the graveyard by the church.

在zài无wú名míng战zhàn士shì的de墓mù前qián献xiàn上shàng了le鲜xiān花huā和hé花huā圈quān。

Flowers and wreaths were laid in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

他tā们men被bèi埋mái在zài一yī座zuò大dà坟fén墓mù里lǐ。

They were buried in a mass grave.

摇yáo篮lán里lǐ学xué的de带dài到dào坟fén墓mù。

What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.

这zhè是shì谁shéi的de坟fén墓mù？

Whose tomb is this?

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墓 mù · grave · 13 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 墓.

坟墓	fénmù	grave; tomb
墓地	mùdì	cemetery; graveyard
墓碑	mùbēi	gravestone; tombstone
公墓	gōngmù	public cemetery
扫墓	sǎomù	to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)
墓穴	mùxué	tomb; grave
墓园	mùyuán	cemetery; graveyard
陵墓	língmù	tomb; mausoleum

Questions about 墓

What does 墓 mean?

墓 (mù) means "grave; tomb" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 墓?

墓 is made of 1 character: 墓 (13 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 墓 an HSK word?

Yes. 墓 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

What is the difference between 墓 and 坟?

坟 (fén) usually means the mound of earth over a grave and sounds more everyday. 墓 is a slightly more formal word for the burial place as a whole. They are often combined as 坟墓 (fénmù).

What does 扫墓 involve?

扫墓 (sǎomù) literally means sweeping the grave. Families clean the tomb, offer flowers or food, and pay respects to ancestors, especially during 清明节 (Qīngmíng jié) in early April.