mù
tomb; grave; mausoleum
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他被埋葬在家族墓地里。
tā bèi mái zàng zài jiā zú mù dì lǐ.
He was buried in the family cemetery.
这座古墓已经有几千年的历史了。
zhè zuò gǔ mù yǐ jīng yǒu jǐ qian nián de lì shǐ le.
This ancient tomb has a history of several thousand years.
盗墓贼把古墓里的文物都偷走了。
dào mù zéi bǎ gǔ mù lǐ de wén wù dōu tōu zǒu le.
The tomb robbers stole all the cultural relics in the ancient tomb.
坟 (fén)
grave
坟墓 (fénmù)
tomb
生 (shēng)
life
寿 (shòu)
longevity
The Chinese character 墓 (mù) for "grave" or "tomb" is a pictograph that depicts a person kneeling beside a mound of earth. The character is composed of two parts: the radical 土 (tǔ) for "earth" on the left, and the phonetic component 莫 (mò) on the right. The phonetic component 莫 is a simplified form of the character 暮 (mù), which means "dusk" or "evening". The combination of the two components suggests the idea of a person being buried in the earth at dusk, which is a common practice in Chinese culture. The character 墓 has been used in Chinese writing for over 3,000 years and has remained largely unchanged in its form and meaning.
