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Jyutpinggam1 cing4
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Definition
A ceramic urn or jar used to hold exhumed bones in a traditional secondary burial.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to a vessel used for storing cremated remains. It carries a solemn and funerary tone, often associated with traditional burial customs or columbarium storage. Avoid using it to describe ordinary storage jars or containers, as that would be highly inappropriate and disrespectful.
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They bought a cinerary jar to keep at home.
Common phrases
to place a cinerary jar
Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with general terms for jars like 罐 or 樽, but those are for food or common items. Using this word for anything other than funerary purposes is culturally insensitive.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
