掃墓

Chinese

		broom; to sweep	tomb
trad. (掃墓)		掃	墓
simp. (扫墓)		扫	墓

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǎomù

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ mou⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sàu-bōng / sàu-bō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): sao³ mo⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sau-mu; ⁵sau ⁶mu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǎomù
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǎomù
  - Wade–Giles: sao³-mu⁴
  - Yale: sǎu-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saomuh
  - Palladius: саому (saomu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sou³ mou⁶
  - Yale: sou mouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ mou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sou³ mou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ mou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Hsinchu, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-bōng
  - Tâi-lô: sàu-bōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sao'bong
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sau²¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Singapore): /sau²¹⁻⁴² bɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Tainan): /sau²¹⁻⁵³ bɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Sanxia, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-bō͘
  - Tâi-lô: sàu-bōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sao'bo
  - IPA (Taipei): /sau¹¹⁻⁵³ bɔ³³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /sau²¹⁻⁴² bɔ²²/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /sau¹²⁻⁵³ bɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bɔ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sao³ mo⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sàu mŏ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mo³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sau-mu; ⁵sau ⁶mu
  - MiniDict: sau^去 mu; sau^去 mu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sau-mu; ²sau ³mu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ³³ mu⁴⁴/, /sɔ⁴⁴ mu²³/

Verb

掃墓

to sweep a grave
(figurative) to pay respects to a dead person at their grave

Synonyms

(to sweep a grave): 掃墳／扫坟 (sǎofén)
(to pay respects):

Dialectal synonyms of 上墳 (“to visit a grave to honor the memory of the dead”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		掃墓, 墓祭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	上墳
	Taiwan	掃墓
	Harbin	上墳
	Singapore	掃墓
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	上墳, 掃墓
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	上墳
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	上墳
	Wanrong	上墳
	Xi'an	上墳
	Xining	上墳
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	上墳
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	上墳
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	上墳
	Wuhan	上墳
	Guiyang	上墳
	Liuzhou	上墳, 掛紙, 拜山
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	上墳
	Yangzhou	上墳
	Hefei	上墳
Cantonese	Guangzhou	拜山, 行青
	Hong Kong	拜山, 行青 dated
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	拜山
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	拜山
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	掛山
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	拜山
	Macau	拜山
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	拜山
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	行山
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	拜山
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	拜山
	Foshan	拜山
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	拜山
	Foshan (Shunde)	拜山
	Foshan (Sanshui)	拜山
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	拜山
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	拜山
	Zhongshan (Huancheng)	拜山
	Zhongshan (Nanlang)	拜山
	Zhongshan (Xiaolan)	拜山
	Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan)	拜山
	Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan)	拜山
	Zhongshan (Henglan)	拜山
	Zhongshan (Dongfeng)	拜山
	Zhongshan (Nantou)	拜山
	Zhongshan (Fusha)	拜山
	Zhongshan (Shalang)	拜山
	Zhongshan (Gangkou)	拜山
	Zhongshan (Huangpu)	拜山
	Zhongshan (Sanjiao)	掛紙
	Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong)	拜山
	Zhongshan (Minzhong)	拜山
	Zhongshan (Guzhen)	行山
	Zhongshan (Banfu)	拜山
	Zhongshan (Tanzhou)	拜山
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	拜山
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	拜山
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	拜山
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	行山
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	行山
	Taishan	行山
	Kaiping (Chikan)	行山
	Enping (Niujiang)	行山
	Heshan (Yayao)	拜山
	Dongguan	掛紙
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	拜山
	Qingyuan	拜山
	Fogang	拜山
	Yingde (Hanguang)	拜山
	Yangshan	拜山, 照墳
	Lianshan (Butian)	掛紙, 掃墓
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	掛紙
	Shaoguan	拜山
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	拜山, 掃墓
	Renhua	拜山
	Lechang	拜山, 掛紙
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	拜山
	Sihui	拜山, 行青
	Guangning	修青
	Deqing	拜山
	Huaiji	拜祖
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	拜山, 拜青
	Yunfu	拜山
	Xinxing	朝山
Luoding	拜山
Yunan (Pingtai)	拜山
Yangjiang	鏟山
Xinyi	拜山
Lianjiang	拜山
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	拜山, 掃山
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	掃山
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	拜山, 行青, 去大伯公山
Ipoh (Guangfu)	行青
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	拜生
Móng Cái	拜山
Gan	Nanchang	上墳, 掛紙
Gan	Lichuan	上墳, 掛紙
Hakka	Meixian	釃地, 掛紙, 上墳
	Xingning	釃地
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	拜山
	Huidong (Daling)	鏟地, 掛紙
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	掛山
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	拜山
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	拜山
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	掃墓, 鏟墳
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	鏟墳
	Wuhua (Changbu)	掛紙, 拜山, 鏟墳
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	鏟墳
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	上墳
	Wengyuan	醮地
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	醮地
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	掛紙
	Liannan	掛紙
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	拜山, 鏟地
	Jiexi	掛紙
	Luhe	掛紙
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	打醮墓
	Changting	醮墓
	Wuping	祭墓
	Wuping (Yanqian)	祭墓
	Wuping (Pingyu)	釃地
	Ninghua	醮地, 祭墓
	Ningdu	掛青
	Ruijin	掛醮, 掛紙
	Shicheng	挽紙
	Shangyou (Shexi)	掛紙
	Tonggu (Sandu)	掛紙
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	掛紙
	Dayu	掛紙
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	掛紙
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	掛紙, 掛地
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	掛紙
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	掛紙
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	掛紙
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	掛紙, 打醮墓
	Hong Kong	掛山
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	鏟山
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	鏟山
	Xinyi (Sihe)	拜山
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	拜山
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	鏟山
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	鏟山
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	鏟墳
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	掃山, 拜山, 鏟墳
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	鏟墳
	Mengshan (Xihe)	做清明
	Luchuan	拜山
	Bobai (Shahe)	掛紙, 拜山
	Sabah (Longchuan)	掃墳
	Senai (Huiyang)	拜山
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	拜山
	Singkawang	掛紙
	Bangkok (Meixian)	拜清明
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	掛紙, 上墳
Jin	Taiyuan	上墳
Northern Min	Jian'ou	醮塚
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	矺紙, 祭墓
Southern Min	Xiamen	硩紙, 硩墓紙, 巡墓, 行山, 𥌚墓
	Quanzhou	巡墓, 巡風水, 𥌚墓
	Zhangzhou	巡墓, 巡風水, 培墓
	Taipei	挂紙, 硩墓紙, 掃墓, 揫墓
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	挂紙, 培墓, 掃墓
	Kaohsiung	硩墓紙, 培墓
	Yilan	硩墓紙, 拜墓
	Changhua (Lukang)	挂墓紙, 培墓
	Taichung	培墓, 挂墓紙, 硩墓紙
	Tainan	硩墓紙, 培墓, 巡墓, 行山, 掃墓
	Hsinchu	掃墓, 挂紙
	Kinmen	挂紙, 掃墓
	Penghu (Magong)	挂墓紙, 上墓
	Manila (Hokkien)	巡墓, 𥌚墓, 掃墓, 行山
	Chaozhou	掛紙, 上山
	Shantou	掛紙, 上墳, 拜山
	Shantou (Chenghai)	掛紙
	Jieyang	掛紙
	Bangkok (Teochew)	掛紙
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	上山
	Leizhou	撥墓
	Haikou	做墓, 做祖, 做清明 Qingming, 做冬節 winter solstice
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	拜山
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	上墳, 拜山
Wu	Shanghai	上墳, 掃墓
	Shanghai (Chongming)	上墳
	Suzhou	上墳
	Danyang	上墳
	Hangzhou	上墳, 掃墓
	Ningbo	上墳, 掃墓
	Wenzhou	上墳
	Jinhua	上墳
Xiang	Changsha	掛墳, 拜墳
Xiang	Shuangfeng	掛青

Related terms

拜掃／拜扫 (bàisǎo)