火葬场

火葬場
huǒzàngchǎng
noun #48,323

Meanings

  1. 1 crematorium

Examples

HSK 5
Huǒzàngchǎng yìbān jiàn zài chéngshì de jiāoqū.
Crematoriums are usually built on the outskirts of a city.
HSK 7-9
Ànzhào dāngdì de xísú, qīnrén yào péi zhe língchē yìqǐ qù huǒzàngchǎng.
By local custom, the family rides with the hearse all the way to the crematorium.

Tips

usage
Many crematoriums now go by the gentler name 殡仪馆 (funeral home), where the farewell ceremony is also held.
culture
In web-novel slang, 火葬场 is the painful comeuppance of a hero who treated the heroine coldly and later has to beg her back, from the saying 虐妻一时爽,追妻火葬场 (mistreating your wife feels good for a moment; chasing her back is the crematorium).

Stroke Order

火 huǒ
葬 zàng
场 chǎng