# 扫墓 (sǎomù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 扫墓 (sǎomù) means “to sweep a grave; to visit a tomb”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to sweep a grave; to visit a tomb
- Pinyin: sǎomù (sao3 mu4)
- Traditional: 掃墓
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 每年清明节我们都会去扫墓。
  Měinián Qīngmíngjié wǒmen dōu huì qù sǎomù.
  Every Qingming Festival, we go to sweep the graves.

## Characters

- [扫](https://hanziro.com/word/sao-sweep/) (sǎo): to sweep; to brush away
- [墓](https://hanziro.com/word/mu-grave/) (mù): grave; tomb

https://hanziro.com/word/sao-mu-sweep-grave/

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