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Usage of the character 弔

diào
[弔]
  • a string of 100 cash (arch.)
  • to lament
  • to condole with
  • variant of 吊 (diào)
diàosāng
吊丧
[弔喪]
  • to visit the bereaved to offer one's condolences
píngdiào
凭吊
[憑弔]
  • to visit a place for the memories
  • to pay homage to (the deceased)
diàokè
吊客
[弔客]
  • a visitor offering condolences
diàogǔ
吊古
[弔古]
  • to revisit the past
  • to commemorate
diàofá
吊伐
[弔伐]
  • to console the people by punishing the tyrants (abbr. for 弔民伐罪/吊民伐罪 (diàomínfázuì))
kāidiào
开吊
[開弔]
  • to hold memorial service
  • to hold a funeral
diàowén
吊文
[弔文]
  • paper prayers for the dead burnt at funerals
diàoxiào
吊孝
[弔孝]
  • a condolence visit
diàowèi
吊慰
[弔慰]
  • to offer condolences
  • to console the bereaved
diàojì
吊祭
[弔祭]
  • a worship ceremony for the dead
  • to offer sacrifice (to ancestors)
  • a libation
diàoguǐ
吊诡
[弔詭]
  • bizarre
  • paradoxical
  • a paradox (from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子/庄子 ( Zhuāngzǐ))
diàoyàn
吊唁
[弔唁]
  • variant of 吊唁 (diàoyàn)
jìdiào
祭吊
[祭弔]
  • to mourn and offer prayers
xíngyǐngxiāngdiào
形影相吊
[形影相弔]
  • with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom)
  • extremely sad and lonely
diàosǐwènjí
吊死问疾
[弔死問疾]
  • to grieve for the sick and the dying
  • to show great concern for people's suffering
diàomínfázuì
吊民伐罪
[弔民伐罪]
  • to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
diàoguǐjīnqí
吊诡矜奇
[弔詭矜奇]
  • strange and paradoxical