zong3 lai5葬禮葬礼
Jyutpingzong3 lai5
Yalejong láih
Definition
Funeral; a ceremony for the formal burial or cremation of a deceased person.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the formal ceremony held to honor the deceased, rather than the act of burial itself. While it is a standard term, people often use the more colloquial phrase 做白事 when discussing the broader process of handling a death in the family.
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go3個goExamples
Will you be attending the funeral tomorrow?
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Common mistake
Avoid using this word to describe the physical act of burying a body, which is better expressed by the verb 埋葬.
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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.
