骨灰

gǔ huī · gu hui

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. bone ash
  2. cremation ashes; cremains

In a sentence

2 examples
01

祖(zǔ)母(mǔ)的(de)骨(gǔ)灰(huī)在(zài)寺(sì)院(yuàn)的(de)骨(gǔ)灰(huī)瓮(wèng)里(lǐ)。

Grandmother's ashes are in an urn at the temple.

Tatoeba: Chinese by kellenparker · English by fcbond · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

家(jiā)人(rén)把(bǎ)他(tā)的(de)骨(gǔ)灰(huī)撒(sǎ)进(jìn)了(le)大(dà)海(hǎi)。

The family scattered his ashes into the sea.

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