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Jyutpingsong3 fuk6
Yalesong fuhk
Definition
Mourning clothes worn to a funeral to show grief for the deceased.
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How it's used
Traditional Chinese funeral customs often dictate specific colors like white or black depending on the relationship to the deceased. While the term refers to formal mourning attire, modern urban funerals in Hong Kong frequently involve simpler, dark-colored business or casual wear instead of traditional robes. Using this term implies a more formal or traditional context rather than a modern, secular service.
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tou3套touExamples
Do I really have to wear mourning clothes to the funeral?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid confusing this with 壽衣, which refers specifically to the clothes put on the deceased person's body, not the clothes worn by the living mourners.
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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.
