合葬

Chinese

		to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	bury (the dead)
trad. (合葬)		合	葬
simp. #(合葬)		合	葬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hézàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄗㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ zong³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ha̍p-chòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hézàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄗㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hézàng
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-tsang⁴
    • Yale: hé-dzàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hertzanq
    • Palladius: хэцзан (xɛczan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap⁶ zong³
    • Yale: hahp jong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ dzong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ zong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² t͡sɔːŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p-chòng
    • Tâi-lô: ha̍p-tsòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: habzoxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hap̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hap̚²⁴⁻² t͡sɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hap̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hap̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hop tsangH

Rime
Character	合	葬
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	合 (160)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	侯閤切	則浪切
Baxter	hop	tsangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʌp̚/	/t͡sɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦəp̚/	/t͡sɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɒp̚/	/t͡sɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəp̚/	/t͡saŋH/
Li Rong	/ɣᴀp̚/	/t͡sɑŋH/
Wang Li	/ɣɒp̚/	/t͡sɑŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣăp̚/	/t͡sɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hé	zàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hap6	zong3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-kˤop  [ts]ˤaŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːb  ʔsaːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	合	葬
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hé	zàng
Middle Chinese	‹ hop ›	‹ tsangH ›
Old Chinese	/*m-kˁop/	/*[ts]ˁaŋ-s/
English	come together; bring together	bury
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	合	葬
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	4970	16545
Phonetic component	合	葬
Rime group	緝	陽
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	合	葬
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːb/	/*ʔsaːŋs/

Verb

合葬

1. to be given a joint burial

Synonyms

• (of husband and wife) 併骨／并骨 (bìnggǔ)