祭 jì
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 示 — altar
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
祭奠
jìdiàn
to hold a memorial ceremony; to pay tribute to the dead
Characters in this word
奠 diàn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- 酋 chief of tribe, chieftain 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 清明那天，村民在修复后的祠堂里祭奠先人，也借此重申家族互助的传统。 Qīngmíng nà tiān, cūnmín zài xiūfù hòu de cítáng lǐ jìdiàn xiānrén, yě jiè cǐ chóngshēn jiāzú hùzhù de chuántǒng. On Qingming, the villagers commemorated their ancestors in the restored ancestral hall and used the occasion to reaffirm the clan's tradition of mutual support.
- 每年这一天，他都会去海边祭奠去世的老朋友。 Měi nián zhè yì tiān, tā dōu huì qù hǎibiān jìdiàn qùshì de lǎo péngyou. Every year on this day he goes to the seaside to remember his late old friend.
- 学生们在校园里种下一棵树，祭奠去世的老校长。 Xuéshengmen zài xiàoyuán lǐ zhòng xià yì kē shù, jìdiàn qùshì de lǎo xiàozhǎng. The students planted a tree on the campus to honour their late old principal.
Related words
- 祭 jì to offer sacrifice; to hold a memorial rite; to bring out
- 祭祀 jìsì to offer sacrifices; sacrificial rites
- 奠定 diàndìng to lay a foundation; to establish
- 缅怀 miǎnhuái to cherish the memory of; to commemorate
- 扫墓 sǎomù to visit and clean a grave; to pay respects at a grave
- 祈祷 qídǎo to pray
- 埋葬 máizàng to bury; to put to rest
- 虔诚 qiánchéng devout; sincere; reverent
- 墓碑 mùbēi gravestone; tombstone
- 神圣 shénshèng sacred; holy; solemn
- 墓地 mùdì cemetery; graveyard
- 菩萨 púsà bodhisattva; merciful person