扫墓 meaning in English
to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)
Meaning of 扫墓
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
sǎomù
- to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)
Stroke order for each character
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扫 sǎo · to sweep · 6 strokes
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墓 mù · grave · 13 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 扫墓.
| 打扫 | dǎsǎo | to clean; to sweep |
| 坟墓 | fénmù | grave; tomb |
| 墓地 | mùdì | cemetery; graveyard |
| 扫描 | sǎomiáo | to scan |
| 扫兴 | sǎoxìng | to spoil things; to dampen spirits; to feel deflated; to be dispirited |
| 墓碑 | mùbēi | gravestone; tombstone |
| 公墓 | gōngmù | public cemetery |
| 扫除 | sǎochú | to clean; to clean up; to eliminate; to wipe out |
| 清扫 | qīngsǎo | to tidy up; to mop up |
| 扫帚 | sàozhou | broom |
| 墓穴 | mùxué | tomb; grave |
| 扫荡 | sǎodàng | (military) to mop up; to crack down on; to eradicate |
Questions about 扫墓
What does 扫墓 mean?
扫墓 (sǎomù) means "to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)".
How do you write 扫墓?
扫墓 is made of 2 characters: 扫 (6 strokes), 墓 (13 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.
Is 扫墓 an HSK word?
Yes. 扫墓 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 扫墓 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 扫墓 is written 掃墓.