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哭喪棒

简哭丧棒 · 繁哭喪棒

Mandarin · pinyin kū sāng bàng

mourning staff draped in white, held at a funeral to show filial piety

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哭: kū · weep, cry, wail
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棒: bàng · stick, club, truncheon; hit
丧: sàng · mourning; mourn; funeral

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1–1–4 · ku1 sang1 bang4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

huk1 song1 paang5

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noun

staff in former times used by the son of the deceased in a funeral procession to show filial piety

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