粵

戴daai3孝haau3

daai3 haau3dài xiào

English

  1. to wear mourning garb
  2. to be in mourning
  3. part of Chinese traditional burial ritual in which the children of the dead have to wear hemp clothes and white hats

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 中國送葬嘅習俗；死者嘅子孫都要着麻衣戴白帽進行儀式

Examples

  • 披麻戴孝

    to wear hemp clothes and white hats

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

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