| 弔 | 728C50 50.22 | 部居  | 畫數 4 | ㄉㄧㄠˋ [diao4] (*ㄉㄧˋ [di4] ). [Pop.吊, esp. in V.i. & t.2↓] | ||
| N. | Formerly, a string of 100 cash, (＝one dollar). | |||||
| V.i. & t. | (1) To console with the bereaved, to lament, esp. [diao4sang1]↓; 弔祭，弔文，弔喪 [diao4ji4], [diao4wen2], [diao4sang1]↓; 弔客 guests at funeral ceremony; 開弔 hold a funeral ceremony; (AC) to console and comfort: 弔民伐罪 punish the tyrant and comfort the people; 弔古戰場 think of the dead on ancient battlefields; 憑弔 think of the dead and gone on historic sites. (2) To hang up: 弔起來 hang it up; 弔水 haul water from well; objects that can be opened and suspended: 弔窗，弔床，弔橋 [diao4chuang1], [diao4chuang2], [diao4qiao2]↓; hang to death: 弔死，上弔. (3) (Peking coll.) 弔皮襖 fix cover on fur coat. (4) Identical with 調: 弔案，弔卷＝調案，調卷; see 調 60A.42. (*[di4]) (AC) be present (of deities); 神之弔矣. | |||||
| Words | 1. 弔膀子 [diao4bang4zi0], v.i., (Shanghai coll.) to accost a passing girl one doesn't know, go out with girl “arm in arm.” 2. 弔橋 [diao4qiao2], n., suspension bridge. 3. 弔窗 [diao4chuang1], n., window which can be propped up, hinged on top. 4. 弔床 [diao4chuang2], n., hammock. 5. 弔蛋 [diao4dan4], n., (sl.) term of abuse to inferiors. 6. 弔詭 [diao4gui3], adj., bizarre: 弔詭矜奇 try to be novel for effect. 7. 弔祭 [diao4ji4], v.i., participate in worship ceremony for the dead. 8. 弔鐘花 [diao4zhong1hua1], n., (bot.) flowers like inverted cups or bells, Chinese New Year flower: Enkyanthus quinque florus. 9. 弔毛兒 [diao4mao2er0], v.i., make a kind of somersault in stage plays. 10. 弔喪 [diao4sang1], v.i., offer condolences at funeral. 11. 弔銷 [diao4xiao1], v.t., suspend (license). 12. 弔孝 [diao1xiao4], v.i., condole with bereaved son. 13. 弔死鬼 [diao4si2gui3], n., ghost of person who hanged himself. 14. 弔桶（弔水桶） [diao4tong3], n., well bucket. 15. 弔文 [diao4wen2], n., prayer for the dead, written out and burned. 16. 弔唁 [diao4yan4], v.i., offer condolences. 17. 弔影 [diao4ying3], v.i., be lonely, from 形影相弔 body has only its shadow for company. | |||||