Chinese symbol for “cemetery”
墓地
mù dì
cemetery; graveyard
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cemetery is 墓地 (mù dì), defined as: cemetery; graveyard.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “cemetery”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 墓园 (墓園) | mù yuán | cemetery; graveyard |
| 坟场 (墳場) | fén chǎng | cemetery |
| 陵园 (陵園) | líng yuán | cemetery; mausoleum park |
| 坟地 (墳地) | fén dì | graveyard; cemetery |
| 坟茔 (墳塋) | fén yíng | grave; tomb |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 墓地.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坟墓 (墳墓) | fén mù | grave; tomb |
| 陵墓 | líng mù | tomb; mausoleum |
| 古墓 | gǔ mù | old tomb (archaeology) |
| 墓碑 | mù bēi | gravestone; tombstone |
| 墓园 (墓園) | mù yuán | cemetery; graveyard |
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cemetery”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.