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喪

简丧 · 繁喪

Mandarin · pinyin sāng#

mourning
funeral
(old) corpse

Mandarin · pinyin sàng#

to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc)
to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc)
to die
disappointed
discouraged

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丧: sàng · mourning; mourn; funeral

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1 · sang1

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song1 · song3

Cantonese word readings for 喪. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

mourning; funeral ceremony
corpse; dead body
misfortune; misadventure
to mourn; to be in mourning
to grieve over the death of

character

to forfeit; to lose; to be deprived of
to die; to pass away
to be defeated; to be destroyed; to perish
to escape; to flee
to forget; to fail to remember
to be discouraged; to lose heart
(Hong Kong Cantonese) wildly; extremely

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