先 xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn 神像 shén xiàng likeness of a god or Buddha / (old) portrait of the deceased syn 生前 shēng qián (of a deceased) during one's life / while living 遗言 遺言 yí yán words of the deceased / last words of the dying / wisdom of past sages syn 古人 gǔ rén people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person syn 已故 yǐ gù the late / deceased syn 陪葬 péi zàng to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) syn 亡魂 wáng hún soul of the deceased / departed spirit syn 先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors syn 遗志 遺志 yí zhì the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on 在天之灵 在天之靈 zài tiān zhī líng soul and spirit of the deceased syn 出殡 出殯 chū bìn to accompany a deceased person to his last resting place / to hold a funeral syn 遗容 遺容 yí róng the looks of the deceased (esp. in the context of paying one's respects) / picture of the deceased syn 先父 xiān fù deceased father / my late father syn 追思 zhuī sī memorial / recollection (of the deceased) syn 故友 gù yǒu old friend / deceased friend 凭吊 憑弔 píng diào to visit a place for the memories / to pay homage to (the deceased) syn 遗像 遺像 yí xiàng portrait of the deceased syn 遗族 遺族 yí zú the bereaved / family of the deceased syn 遗照 遺照 yí zhào picture of the deceased syn 殉葬 xùn zàng (of servants etc) to be buried alive with the deceased / (of utensils etc) to be buried with the dead syn 遗训 遺訓 yí xùn wishes of the deceased syn 不在 bù zài not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased 抚慰金 撫慰金 fǔ wèi jīn pension or lump-sum payment for the injured or for the family of the deceased 停尸 停屍 tíng shī to keep the body of the deceased (until burial or cremation) 考 kǎo to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father syn 讳 諱 huì to avoid mentioning / taboo word / name of deceased emperor or superior syn 祢 禰 mí memorial tablet in a temple commemorating a deceased father 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 妣 bǐ deceased mother 灵床 靈床 líng chuáng bier / bed kept as it was when the deceased was alive 只鸡斗酒 隻雞斗酒 zhī jī dǒu jiǔ lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom) / fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests 斗酒只鸡 斗酒隻雞 dǒu jiǔ zhī jī lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom) / fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests 阴魂不散 陰魂不散 yīn hún bù sàn lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom) / fig. the influence still lingers on / the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive 中元 zhōng yuán Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased 亡母 wáng mǔ deceased mother 伤悼 傷悼 shāng dào to grieve for deceased relative / to mourn 奠仪 奠儀 diàn yí a gift of money to the family of the deceased 庙号 廟號 miào hào temple name of a deceased Chinese emperor 讳名 諱名 huì míng taboo name / name of deceased 追荐 追薦 zhuī jiàn to pray for the soul of a deceased 遗妻 遺妻 yí qī widow / the deceased's widow 显考 顯考 xiǎn kǎo honorific term for one's deceased father / (arch.) great-great-grandfather 遗产国际管理公约 遺產國際管理公約 Convention concerning the International Administration of the Estates of Deceased Persons 死者遗产继承法律使用公约 死者遺產繼承法律使用公約 Convention on the Law Applicable to Succession to the Estates of Deceased Persons 家亲 家親 jiā qīn older generation in one's household (often referring to one's parents) / one's deceased close relatives 捡骨 撿骨 jiǎn gǔ bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location 遗属 遺屬 yí shǔ surviving family of the deceased 皇考 huáng kǎo (archaic) (honorific) deceased father (esp. of an emperor) 冥寿 冥壽 míng shòu birthday of a deceased person 