| 殉 | [ xùn ] to be buried with the dead, to die for a cause |
| 殉國 | [ xùn guó ] to die for one's country |
| 殉情 | [ xùn qíng ] to die together in the name of love, to sacrifice oneself for love |
| 殉教 | [ xùn ] to die for one's religion |
| 殉死 | [ xùn sǐ ] to be buried alive as sacrifice (together with husband or superior) |
| 殉節 | [ xùn jié ] to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc) |
| 殉職 | [ xùn zhí ] to die in the line of duty |
| 殉葬 | [ xùn zàng ] to bury sth along with the dead, sacrificial grave goods |
| 殉道 | [ xùn daò ] to die for a just cause |
| 殉難 | [ xùn nàn ] to sacrifice oneself in a just cause, a victim of a disaster |
| ⇒ 因公殉職 | [ yīn gōng xùn zhí ] to die in the course of performing one's duty (idiom) |