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4		ㄉㄧㄠˋ [diao4]  (*ㄉㄧˋ [di4] ). [Pop. 吊, esp. in V.i. & t.2↓]Homophone
A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
NFormerly, a string of 100 cash, (＝one dollar).
V(1)  To console with the bereaved, to lament, esp. [diao4sang1]↓;
弔祭，弔文，弔喪 [diao4ji4], [diao4wen2], [diao4sang1]↓;
弔客 guests at funeral ceremony;
開弔 hold a funeral ceremony;
(AC) to console and comfort: 弔民伐罪 punish the tyrant and comfort the people;
弔古戰場 think of the dead on ancient battlefields;
憑弔 think of the dead and gone on historic sites.
(2)  To hang up: 弔起來 hang it up;
弔水 haul water from well;
objects that can be opened and suspended: 弔窗，弔床，弔橋 [diao4chuang1], [diao4chuang2], [diao4qiao2]↓;
hang to death: 弔死，上弔.
(3)  (Peking coll.) 弔皮襖 fix cover on fur coat.
(4)  Identical with 調: 弔案，弔卷＝調案，調卷;
see 調 60A.42. (*[di4]) (AC) be present (of deities);
神之弔矣.
Words1.弔膀子 [diao4bang4zi0], v.i., (Shanghai coll.) to accost a passing girl one doesn't know, go out with girl “arm in arm.” 
2.弔橋 [diao4qiao2], n., suspension bridge. 
3.弔窗 [diao4chuang1], n., window which can be propped up, hinged on top. 
4.弔床 [diao4chuang2], n., hammock. 
5.弔蛋 [diao4dan4], n., (sl.) term of abuse to inferiors. 
6.弔詭 [diao4gui3], adj., bizarre: 弔詭矜奇 try to be novel for effect. 
7.弔祭 [diao4ji4], v.i., participate in worship ceremony for the dead. 
8.弔鐘花 [diao4zhong1hua1], n., (bot.) flowers like inverted cups or bells, Chinese New Year flower: Enkyanthus quinque florus. 
9.弔毛兒 [diao4mao2er0], v.i., make a kind of somersault in stage plays. 
10.弔喪 [diao4sang1], v.i., offer condolences at funeral. 
11.弔銷 [diao4xiao1], v.t., suspend (license). 
12.弔孝 [diao1xiao4], v.i., condole with bereaved son. 
13.弔死鬼 [diao4si2gui3], n., ghost of person who hanged himself. 
14.弔桶（弔水桶） [diao4tong3], n., well bucket. 
15.弔文 [diao4wen2], n., prayer for the dead, written out and burned. 
16.弔唁 [diao4yan4], v.i., offer condolences. 
17.弔影 [diao4ying3], v.i., be lonely, from 形影相弔 body has only its shadow for company.