墓誌銘

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Chinese

		inscribed stone tablet placed in the tomb; memorial inscription on a stone tablet	inscribed motto
trad. (墓誌銘)		墓誌	銘
simp. (墓志铭)		墓志	铭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùzhìmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄓˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ zi³ ming⁵ / mou⁶ zi³ ming⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùzhìmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄓˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùjhìhmíng
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-chih⁴-ming²
  - Yale: mù-jr̀-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhjyhming
  - Palladius: мучжимин (mučžimin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁶ zi³ ming⁵ / mou⁶ zi³ ming⁴
  - Yale: mouh ji míhng / mouh ji mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ dzi³ ming⁵ / mou⁶ dzi³ ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ ji³ ming⁵ / mou⁶ ji³ ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² t͡siː³³ mɪŋ¹³/, /mou̯²² t͡siː³³ mɪŋ²¹/

Noun

墓誌銘

epitaph
- 卑鄙是卑鄙者的通行證，高尚是高尚者的墓誌銘。 [MSC, trad.]
  卑鄙是卑鄙者的通行证，高尚是高尚者的墓志铭。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1976, Bei Dao, 《回答》 (“The Answer”)
  Bēibǐ shì bēibǐzhě de tōngxíngzhèng, gāoshàng shì gāoshàngzhě de mùzhìmíng.
  Despicableness is the free pass for the despicable;
  Nobleness is the epitaph for the noble.

See also

墓誌／墓志 (mùzhì)

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