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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *考* | 考* | *考
to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *先* | 先* | *先
beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
HSK 1
people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person
HSK 7-9
to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects)
HSK 7-9
(of a deceased) during one's life / while living
HSK 7-9
old friend / the deceased
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尸* | 尸* | *尸
(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies) / (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution) / corpse (variant of 屍|尸)
words of the deceased / last words of the dying / wisdom of past sages
(literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *亡* | 亡* | *亡
to die / to lose / to be gone / to flee / deceased
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
the late / deceased
the dead / the deceased
likeness of a god or Buddha / (old) portrait of the deceased
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *讳* | 讳* | *讳
to avoid mentioning / taboo word / name of deceased emperor or superior
memorial / recollection (of the deceased)
portrait of the deceased
to offer condolences (for the deceased) / to condole
to accompany a deceased person to his last resting place; to hold a funeral
soul of the deceased / departed spirit
lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom) / fig. the influence still lingers on / the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *祢* | 祢* | *祢
memorial tablet in a temple commemorating a deceased father
surviving family of the deceased
to keep the body of the deceased (until burial or cremation)
the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on
old friend / deceased friend
(of servants etc) to be buried alive with the deceased; (of utensils etc) to be buried with the dead
temple name of a deceased Chinese emperor
to visit a place for the memories / to pay homage to (the deceased)
picture of the deceased
wishes of the deceased
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *妣* | 妣* | *妣
deceased mother
soul and spirit of the deceased
the looks of the deceased (esp. in the context of paying one's respects) / picture of the deceased
deceased father / my late father
to grieve for deceased relative / to mourn
bier / bed kept as it was when the deceased was alive
a gift of money to the family of the deceased
the deceased
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
the dead / the deceased
the bereaved / family of the deceased
honorific term for one's deceased father / (arch.) great-great-grandfather
(archaic) (honorific) deceased father (esp. of an emperor)
bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location
deceased mother
taboo name / name of deceased
widow / the deceased's widow
older generation in one's household (often referring to one's parents) / one's deceased close relatives
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased
pension or lump-sum payment for the injured or for the family of the deceased
to pray for the soul of a deceased


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