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拜baai3山saan1

baai3 saan1bài shān

English

  1. (v.)(n.) to visit ancestral graves to pay respects by cleaning and sweeping the graves, worshipping and burning joss paper.
  2. to visit the grave of a relative or friend, a Chinese custom which is usually practised during Ching Ming and Chung Yeung festivals
  3. figuratively, to visit a prisoner

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。
  2. 代指探監

Examples

  • 有咩留返拜山先講!

    Whatever you have to say, leave it for when paying respect to the dead.

  • 每年我都要同屋企人返大陸拜山。

    Every year I need to visit the graves with my family in Mainland China.

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

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