- 棺材 guāncai coffincoffin; a box or case in which a corpse is buried
- 石棺 shíguān sarcophagusa stone coffin
- 棺木 guānmù coffina box in which a dead body is buried; usually made of wood
- 棺椁 guānguǒ coffinsinner and outer coffins; a general term for a coffin and its protective outer casing
- 盖棺定论 gàiguāndìnglùn to judge someone's lifeto give a final verdict on a person's life or a historical event after it has concluded; to pass final judgment
- 盖棺论定 gàiguānlùndìng to finalize judgment on someone's life only after death(idiom) don't pass final judgment on a person's character or achievements until the lid is on their coffin
- 不见棺材不落泪 bùjiànguāncaibùluòlèi to refuse to be convinced until faced with grim reality(idiom) literally "not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin"; to be stubborn and refuse to give up or admit defeat until faced with total failure
- 棺柩 guānjiù coffin with a bodyA coffin that contains a corpse; a catafalque.
- 悬棺葬 xuánguānzàng hanging coffin burialAn ancient funeral custom practiced by ethnic minorities in southern China, where coffins were placed on wooden stakes driven into high cliffs or tucked into caves and crevices; also called [[崖葬|崖葬|ya2 zang4]]
- 棺材瓤子 guāncairángzi one foot in the gravea geezer with one foot in the grave; used as a joke or a curse to refer to an elderly or sickly person near death
- 不见棺材不下泪 bùjiànguāncaibùxiàlèi not to shed a tear until one sees the coffinto refuse to give up or be convinced until faced with the finality of death or total disaster; stubborn to the point of folly
- 不见棺材不掉泪 bújiànguāncaibùdiàolèi not to shed a tear until one sees the coffinrefers to someone who is extremely stubborn and will not admit their mistakes or give up until they face total failure or disaster
- 不见棺材不流泪 bùjiànguāncaibùliúlèi stubborn until the endnot to shed a tear until one sees the coffin; to be obstinate or refuse to give up until faced with certain failure or death
- 冰棺 bīngguān refrigerated coffina coffin-shaped freezer used to store a corpse
- 桐棺 tóngguān paulownia wood coffinA coffin made of paulownia wood, often symbolizing a simple or frugal burial because of the plain quality of the wood.
- 棺材本 guāncaiběn funeral savingsmoney saved up for one's own funeral, typically referring to life savings set aside by the elderly for their final arrangements
- 棺材板 guāncaibǎn coffin boardwooden board used to make a coffin; also used to refer to the coffin itself
- 棺材楦子 guāncaixuànzi corpsea corpse; literally a "coffin shoe-tree" (comparing a stiff body in a coffin to a wooden shoe-tree in a shoe)
- 棺材里伸出手来 guāncailǐshēnchūshǒulái greedy even in deathreaching a hand out from the coffin; to be insatiably greedy even when one is about to die or already dead
- 棺材里伸手 guāncailǐshēnshǒu greedy even in death(literary) describes a person who is extremely greedy and loves money more than life; the first half of a two-part allegory (xiehouyu) whose answer part is [[死要钱|死要錢|si3 yao4 qian2]]
- 棺架 guānjià bierA frame or stand on which a coffin or corpse is placed before burial; feretory
- 棺罩 guānzhào coffin coverA cover or case used to shield a coffin during a funeral procession, typically consisting of a bamboo or wooden frame covered with silk or other cloth.
- 灵棺 língguān coffina coffin containing a corpse; a bier or catafalque
- 瓮棺 wèngguān funeral urnurn used for burying the remains of the dead, especially in an archaeological context
- 瓮棺葬 wèngguānzàng urn burialAn ancient burial practice using ceramic urns or jars as coffins; primarily used for children, though occasionally for adults, and most common from the Neolithic period to the Han dynasty.
- 船棺葬 chuánguānzàng boat-coffin burialAn ancient burial custom using a boat-shaped coffin, practiced both above ground and in earth pits. Associated with the ancient Yue people of Fujian and Jiangxi as well as the Ba people of Sichuan.
- 进棺材 jìnguāncai to dieto die; to be about to die; literally "to enter the coffin"
- 金棺 jīnguān gilded coffingilded coffin; casket decorated with gold, such as those used for the Buddha or in high-status burials
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- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH