超渡
ciu1 dou6chāo dù
English
- variant of 超度[chao1 du4]
- to release from purgatory; a rite of Taoism or Buddhism to pray for the dead, so that one's spirit can leave behind the sins and memory of the living world and go for transmigrate; literally, transcend and cross
粵語 — Cantonese
- 一種道教或佛教儀式,為死者靈魂祈求解除罪孽與人間嘅牽絆,得以進入輪迴轉世
Examples
超渡亡魂
to release the ghost from purgatory
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk