火葬 (huǒ zàng) — to cremate | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Verb meaning 'to cremate' (a body). Used for the process itself; 对比葬礼 (funeral ceremony) — 火葬 is the disposition method, not the service.

verb

to cremate

Examples

火葬。
Tā jiā rén jué dìng bǎ tā huǒ zàng le.
His family decided to cremate him.
火葬。
Zhè jiā bìn yí guǎn kě yǐ huǒ zàng yí tǐ.
This funeral home can cremate remains.
火葬，。
Tā men huǒ zàng le sǐ zhě, rán hòu bǎ gǔ huī fàng zài jiā lǐ.
They cremated the deceased and then put the ashes at home.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

火 is fire and 葬 is bury, so the word means burying with fire.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

火 is a simple drawing of a fire, with flames shown rising upward.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

茻茻mǎnggrass
死死sǐdead person

In 葬, 死, a dead person, is shown in 茻, grass, to picture burying the dead in grass.

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