"offerings" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
供 gòng to lay (sacrificial offerings) / (bound form) offerings / to confess (Taiwan pr. [gong1]) / confession / statement (Taiwan pr. [gong1]) syn
斋果 齋果 zhāi guǒ (religious) offerings
Chinese Pinyin Translation
供养 供養 gòng yǎng to make offerings to (gods or ancestors) / Taiwan pr. [gong4yang4] syn
拜拜 bài bai to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity syn
烧纸 燒紙 shāo zhǐ to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
上供 shàng gòng to make offerings (to gods or ancestors) / to offer gifts to superiors in order to win their favor syn
祭礼 祭禮 jì lǐ sacrificial offerings / worship / religious rite syn
中元节 中元節 zhōng yuán jié Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
琏 璉 liǎn sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings / also pr. [lian2]
郊祀 jiāo sì pair of annual sacrificial ceremonies held by the emperor in ancient times: one in the southern suburbs of the capital (bringing offerings to Heaven) and another in the northern suburbs (with offerings to Earth)
鱼菽之祭 魚菽之祭 yú shū zhī jì (idiom) To offer fish and beans as sacrificial offerings. By extension, the expression refers to rites or offerings that fail to meet proper ceremonial standards.
中元 zhōng yuán Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
纸锭 紙錠 zhǐ dìng paper ingots (burned as offerings to the dead)
素筵 sù yán vegetarian feast / food offerings to Buddha
赕佛 賧佛 dǎn fó (Dai language) to make offerings to Buddha
上新 shàng xīn to introduce new items / to roll out new offerings or content
瑚琏之器 瑚璉之器 hú liǎn zhī qì (idiom) A precious ritual vessel used to hold grain offerings.
明德惟馨 míng dé wéi xīn (idiom) True moral fragrance and worth come from virtue rather than from material offerings.
若敖鬼馁 若敖鬼餒 ruò áo guǐ něi (idiom) To have no descendants and therefore receive no ancestral offerings after death.
三牲五鼎 sān shēng wǔ dǐng (idiom) In ancient society, it referred to abundant sacrificial offerings / by extension, it also describes fine and plentiful food.
只鸡絮酒 zhī jī xù jiǔ (idiom) To mourn and honor someone who has died with meager offerings.
兰蒸椒浆 蘭蒸椒漿 lán zhēng jiāo jiāng (idiom) An honorific expression for sacrificial offerings.
南货斋果 nán huò zhāi guǒ (idiom) Food products from the south and fruit intended as offerings. By extension, it refers to foodstuffs.
清酌庶羞 qīng zhuó shù xiū (idiom) Pure wine and assorted delicacies. It refers to offerings prepared for a funeral or sacrificial ceremony.
野鬼孤魂 yě guǐ gū hún (idiom) The soul of a dead person remembered by no one and given no rites or offerings. By extension, an isolated and abandoned person.
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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