丧事

喪事

sāngshì

noun #30,230

Meanings

HSK 2

家里在办丧事。

Jiālǐ zài bàn sāngshì.

The family is making funeral arrangements.

HSK 7-9

亲戚朋友都来帮忙处理丧事。

Qīnqi péngyou dōu lái bāngmáng chǔlǐ sāngshì.

Relatives and friends all came to help with the funeral arrangements.

HSK 7-9

丧事要按传统礼仪进行。

Sāngshì yào àn chuántǒng lǐyí jìnxíng.

Funeral affairs should proceed according to traditional etiquette.

culture

Paired opposite: 喜事 (happy occasions - weddings, births). 办丧事 means to handle the full set of funeral customs: wake, burial, mourning period.

mistakes

The character 丧 has two readings: 丧 (noun, funeral/mourning) as here, and 丧 (verb, to lose) as in 沮丧 (dejected).

丧 sāng

事 shì