仵工

wǔgōng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 pallbearer
  2. 2 funeral worker who carries the coffin

Examples

HSK 7-9
Jǐ gè wǔgōng xiǎoxīnyìyì de tái qǐ guāncai.
Several pallbearers carefully lifted the coffin.
HSK 7-9
Jiùshí wǔgōng shì dījiàn de zhíyè zhīyī.
In former times, pallbearer was considered one of the lowly professions.

Tips

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Old-fashioned and largely literary - modern Chinese tends to say 抬棺人 or 殡仪工. also appears in 仵作, the historical title for a coroner who examined corpses, which you'll see in court-case fiction.

Stroke Order

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