diào

condole, mourn, pity; hang

DEFINITIONS

弔 diào
  • to suspend
  • to hang up
  • to hang a person
  • a string of 100 cash (arch.)
  • to lament
  • to condole with
  • variant of 吊[diao4]

WORDS

伐 diào fá to console the people by punishing the tyrants (abbr. for 弔民伐罪|吊民伐罪[diao4 min2 fa2 zui4])
古 diào gǔ to revisit the past; to commemorate
唁 diào yàn to offer condolences (for the deceased); to condole; variant of 吊唁[diao4 yan4]
喪 diào sāng to visit the bereaved to offer one's condolences
孝 diào xiào a condolence visit
客 diào kè a visitor offering condolences
慰 diào wèi to offer condolences; to console the bereaved
文 diào wén paper prayers for the dead burnt at funerals
死問疾 diào sǐ wèn jí to grieve for the sick and the dying; to show great concern for people's suffering
民伐罪 diào mín fá zuì to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
祭 diào jì a worship ceremony for the dead; to offer sacrifice (to ancestors); a libation
詭 diào guǐ bizarre; paradoxical; a paradox (from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
詭矜奇 diào guǐ jīn qí strange and paradoxical
形影相 xíng yǐng xiāng diào with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom); extremely sad and lonely
píng diào to visit a place for the memories; to pay homage to (the deceased)
jì diào to mourn and offer prayers
kāi diào to hold memorial service; to hold a funeral
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