骨灰盒 (gǔhuīhé): funeral urn

Measure Word

一个骨灰盒 gè

Meanings

1 funeral urn
2 box for cremated ashes
3 funerary casket

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

家属将父亲的骨灰盒安放在墓园中。

Jiāshǔ jiāng fùqīn de gǔhuīhé ānfàng zài mùyuán zhōng.

The family placed their father's funeral urn in the cemetery.

HSK 7-9

这个骨灰盒是用上好的木材雕刻而成的。

Zhège gǔhuīhé shì yòng shànghǎo de mùcái diāokè ér chéng de.

This funeral urn was carved from fine wood.

Tips

memory

骨灰 = bone ashes (cremated remains); 盒 = box. The box for bone ashes.

Stroke Order

骨 gǔ

灰 huī

盒 hé

Related Words

骨灰 gǔhuī #7,074

ashes (of the dead) / cremated remains

盒 hé HSK 5 #2,414

small box; case; container / (measure word) box of something

盒子 hézi HSK 5 #1,794

box; case; container

骨折 gǔzhé HSK 7-9 #4,356

bone fracture / to fracture a bone

骨 gǔ #2,904

bone / moral character; backbone

骨头 gǔtou HSK 4 #2,331

bone / moral character

灰 huī HSK 7-9 #3,279

ash; dust / gray (color) / discouraged; disheartened

纸盒 zhǐhé #24,599

cardboard box / paper box / carton

头骨 tóugǔ #5,699

skull / cranium

灰色 huīsè HSK 5 #5,857

gray (color) / gloomy; bleak; pessimistic / ambiguous; in a gray area