墓誌銘

Chinese

		inscribed stone tablet placed in the tomb; memorial inscription on a stone tablet	inscribed motto
trad. (墓誌銘)		墓誌	銘
simp. (墓志铭)		墓志	铭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùzhìmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄓˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ zi³ ming⁵ / mou⁶ zi³ ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùzhìmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄓˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùjhìhmíng
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-chih⁴-ming²
    • Yale: mù-jr̀-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhjyhming
    • Palladius: мучжимин (mučžimin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁶ zi³ ming⁵ / mou⁶ zi³ ming⁴
    • Yale: mouh ji míhng / mouh ji mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ dzi³ ming⁵ / mou⁶ dzi³ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ ji³ ming⁵ / mou⁶ ji³ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² t͡siː³³ mɪŋ¹³/, /mou̯²² t͡siː³³ mɪŋ²¹/

Noun

墓誌銘

1. epitaph

   • 卑鄙是卑鄙者的通行證，高尚是高尚者的墓誌銘。 [MSC, trad.]
     卑鄙是卑鄙者的通行证，高尚是高尚者的墓志铭。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1976, Bei Dao, 《回答》 (“The Answer”)

     Bēibǐ shì bēibǐzhě de tōngxíngzhèng, gāoshàng shì gāoshàngzhě de mùzhìmíng. [Pinyin]

     Despicableness is the free pass for the despicable;
     Nobleness is the epitaph for the noble.

See also

• 墓誌／墓志 (mùzhì)