粵

掃sou3墓mou6

simp扫墓
sou3 mou6sǎo mù

English

  1. to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)
  2. to visit the grave of a relative or friend, a Chinese custom which is usually practised during Ching Ming and Chung Yeung festivals

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 到訪先人嘅墓地拜祭。呢個係中國習俗,而通常啲人會喺清明同重陽上山拜祭。

Examples

  • 我哋屋企習慣清明前嗰個禮拜日去掃墓嘅。

    [ChatGPT]It's our family tradition to clean the graves the Sunday before Qingming Festival.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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