Chinese

Noun

墓地

1. cemetery; graveyard; necropolis

Synonyms

• 墳場／坟场 (fénchǎng)
• 墓園／墓园 (mùyuán)
• (Min Nan) 墓仔埔, 塚仔埔

Descendants

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) ぼ​ち [bóꜜchì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [bo̞t͡ɕi]

Noun

墓地 ‎(hiragana ぼち, romaji 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

• 墓場 (はかば) ‎(hakaba)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• Yutōyomi
• (Tokyo) はかち [hàkáchí] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ka̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

墓地 ‎(hiragana はかち, romaji hakachi)

1. a cemetery, a graveyard

Usage notes

This reading is less common than bochi above.

Synonyms

• 墓場 (はかば) ‎(hakaba)

References

1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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 978-4-14-011112-3
3. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean

Noun

墓地 • ‎(myoji) ‎(hangeul 묘지)

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