墓碑 (mù bēi) — tombstone; gravestone | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

墓碑 is the stone marker placed on a grave, with the name and dates carved on it. Contrast with 坟墓/墓 (the grave itself) and 碑 (a general stone tablet for inscriptions, not necessarily funerary).

noun

tombstonegravestone

Measure word · 块

Examples

墓碑。
Zhè kuài mù bēi yǐ jīng yǒu jǐ bǎi nián de lì shǐ le.
This tombstone has a history of several hundred years.
，墓碑。
Tā měi nián qīng míng jié dōu qù gěi fù mǔ sǎo mù, cā xǐ mù bēi.
He goes to sweep his parents' graves every Qingming Festival and cleans the tombstones.
墓碑。
Kǎo gǔ xué jiā zài yí zhǐ zhōng fā xiàn le hěn duō gǔ dài de mù bēi.
Archaeologists discovered many ancient tombstones at the site.