墓地

Chinese

tomb
 
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
simp. and trad.
(墓地)		 墓 地

Pronunciation

Noun

墓地

  1. cemetery; graveyard; necropolis

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (墓地):
  • Japanese: 墓 (ぼ)地 (ち) (bochi)
  • Korean: 묘지 (墓地, myoji)
  • Vietnamese: mộ địa (墓地)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
墓 地
ぼ
Grade: 5		 ち
Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 墓地 (muH dijH, literally “grave, tomb + ground, region”). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing. Compare modern Mandarin reading mùdì, Min Nan bōng-tē.

Pronunciation

Noun

墓地 (hiragana ぼち, rōmaji bochi)

  1. a cemetery, a graveyard
Usage notes

This reading is more common than hakachi below.

In general usage, the Chinese-derived term 墓地 (bochi) is somewhat more formal than the native-Japanese compound 墓場 (hakaba). Compare the similar English terms, with the Latin-derived cemetery and the native compound graveyard.

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
墓 地
はか
Grade: 5		 ち
Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Compound of 墓 (haka, “grave”, from Old Japanese) +‎ 地 (chi, “ground, region”, from Middle Chinese).[3][1]

Pronunciation

Noun

墓地 (hiragana はかち, rōmaji hakachi)

  1. a cemetery, a graveyard
Usage notes

This reading is less common than bochi above.

Synonyms

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean

Hanja in this term
墓地

Noun

墓地 • (myoji) (hangeul 묘지)

  1. Hanja form? of 묘지 (“cemetery, graveyard”).
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