牌位

páiwèi
noun #79,277

Measure Word

一块牌位 kuài

Meanings

  1. 1 ancestral tablet
  2. 2 memorial tablet

Examples

HSK 3
Zhuōzi shàng fàng zhe yéye de páiwèi.
Grandpa's memorial tablet stands on the table.
HSK 6
Guònián shí, jiārén huì zài zǔxiān de páiwèi qián shàngxiāng.
At New Year the family burns incense before the ancestors' tablets.

Tips

culture
A 牌位 is a wooden tablet carrying a dead person's name, kept on the family altar or in the clan's ancestral hall, 祠堂. On festivals and death anniversaries the family offers incense and food before it, as the seat of the ancestor's spirit.

Stroke Order

牌 pái
位 wèi