The Chinese word **下葬 (xiàzàng)**, meaning "to bury" (as in a funeral), is a compound verb formed through the logical combination of two characters: **下 (xià)**, which means "down" or "to lower," and **葬 (zàng)**, which means "to bury" or "inter." The formation is highly literal and descriptive, where 下 specifies the directional action of *lowering*, and 葬 provides the core semantic meaning of *burial*; together, they explicitly depict the key ritual act of lowering the coffin into the grave, thus creating a precise term for the final stage of a traditional burial ceremony.