殉葬

Chinese

		buried with dead; die for a cause	bury (the dead)
simp. and trad. (殉葬)		殉	葬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xùnzàng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄗㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon¹ zong³
Min Nan (POJ): sūn-chòng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xùnzàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄗㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunntzanq
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon¹ zong³
  - Yale: sēun jong
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen¹ dzong³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên¹ zong³
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵn⁵⁵ t͡sɔːŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-chòng
  - Tâi-lô: sūn-tsòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxnzoxng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹⁻²² t͡sɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sun²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ²¹/

Verb

殉葬

to be buried alive with the dead

Derived terms

殉葬品

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