HSK 6 · Places

坟墓 fénmù “grave” in Chinese

Traditional 墳墓

What 坟墓 means

  1. grave
  2. tomb

How to say 坟墓

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale坟fén2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale墓mù4th tone, falling

坟墓 in a sentence

  1. 这是谁的坟墓？

    Zhè shì shéi de fénmù?

    Whose tomb is this?

    Sentence #1417559 from Tatoeba

How 坟墓 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 坟 (fén) with each of its parts in a different colour
坟féngrave
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 文script · wénSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 文 (wén) hints at the sound. Compare it with fén.

The character 墓 (mù) with each of its parts in a different colour
墓mùgrave
  • 莫cannot · mòSound part
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 莫 (mò) hints at the sound. Compare it with mù.

How to write 坟墓

坟 7 strokes · 墓 13 strokes

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坟墓 (fénmù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 坟墓 (fénmù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 坟墓

More words: Places & Geography

地势dìshì · terrain方位fāngwèi · position方圆fāngyuán · surrounding area废墟fèixū · ruins港湾gǎngwān · harbour跟前gēnqián · in front of宫殿gōngdiàn · palace故乡gùxiāng · hometown

FAQs

坟墓 (fénmù) means “grave” or “tomb”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fénmù: fén with a 2nd tone, then mù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 坟墓 is written 墳墓. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fenmu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 坟墓 from the suggestions. Typing fenmu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
坟墓 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.