Chinese Word: 殓 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

殓 (Trad.: 殮)

Pinyin: liàn

English Definition: to prepare a dead body for coffin

Chinese Definition:
①把尸体装入棺材：入殓。装殓。大殓。小殓(只给尸体穿寿衣)。

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 歹

Pictophonetic:佥 indicates the sound; 歹 (corpse) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 歹 [ dǎi ] corpse; death; evil, depraved, wicked
- 佥 [ qiān ] all, together, unanimous

Similar Characters: 险

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	入殓	rù liàn	to put dead body in coffin
	殡殓	bìn liàn	to bury sb

1		qiāng 将 kū huáng 枯黄 de 的 liàn 殓 yī 衣 pī shàng 披上 cǎo yuán 草原。 Took the withered and yellow death clothes on the grassland.
2		sǐ wáng 死亡 zhèng míng 证明、 hù kǒu 户口 zhù xiāo 注销、 liàn zàng 殓葬 zhèng míng 证明。 Death certificate, permanent registered residence cancellation certificate, and encoffining certificate.
3		jǐng fāng 警方 zài 在 xīn 新 jiàn chéng 建成 de 的 kuí chōng 葵涌 gōng zhòng 公众 liàn fáng 殓房 jū bǔ 拘捕 wǔ shí 五十 rén 人。 The police arrested fifty suspected triad members outside the newly opened Kwai Chung public mortuary .
4		rú cǐ yī lái 如此一来， yòu 又 kě 可 shū jiě 纾解 mín zhòng 民众 duì 对 liàn zàng 殓葬 fú wù 服务 de 的 xū qiú 需求。 That in turn will help ease the demand on our public mortuary .
5		yào shi 要是 wǒ 我 bǐ 比 nǐ 你 xiān sǐ 先死， qǐng 请 nǐ 你 jiù 就 bǎ 把 nà xiē 那些 bèi rù 被褥 zuò 做 wǒ 我 de 的 liàn 殓 qīn 衾。 If I do die before thee prithee, shroud me In one of those same sheets.

1		qiāng 将 kū huáng 枯黄 de 的 liàn 殓 yī 衣 pī shàng 披上 cǎo yuán 草原。 Took the withered and yellow death clothes on the grassland.
2		sǐ wáng 死亡 zhèng míng 证明、 hù kǒu 户口 zhù xiāo 注销、 liàn zàng 殓葬 zhèng míng 证明。 Death certificate, permanent registered residence cancellation certificate, and encoffining certificate.
3		jǐng fāng 警方 zài 在 xīn 新 jiàn chéng 建成 de 的 kuí chōng 葵涌 gōng zhòng 公众 liàn fáng 殓房 jū bǔ 拘捕 wǔ shí 五十 rén 人。 The police arrested fifty suspected triad members outside the newly opened Kwai Chung public mortuary .
4		rú cǐ yī lái 如此一来， yòu 又 kě 可 shū jiě 纾解 mín zhòng 民众 duì 对 liàn zàng 殓葬 fú wù 服务 de 的 xū qiú 需求。 That in turn will help ease the demand on our public mortuary .
5		yào shi 要是 wǒ 我 bǐ 比 nǐ 你 xiān sǐ 先死， qǐng 请 nǐ 你 jiù 就 bǎ 把 nà xiē 那些 bèi rù 被褥 zuò 做 wǒ 我 de 的 liàn 殓 qīn 衾。 If I do die before thee prithee, shroud me In one of those same sheets.