埋 (mái)
To bury; to cover up.
How 埋 is written
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 土 — earth
- Traditional
- 埋
- Simplified
- 埋 (unchanged)
Components
埋 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- mái
- to bury
- mán
- to blame
Common words using 埋
- 埋伏 máifú
- to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low
- 埋怨 mányuàn
- to complain; to grumble (about); to reproach
- 埋沒 máimò
- to engulf; to bury; to overlook
- 埋葬 máizàng
- to bury
- 埋藏 máicáng
- to bury; to hide by burying; hidden
- 埋頭 máitóu
- to immerse oneself in; engrossed in sth; to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain)
- 埋名 máimíng
- to conceal one's identity; to live incognito
- 埋單 máidān
- to pay the bill in a restaurant
- 埋天怨地 mántiānyuàndì
- lit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth; fig. to rave and rant
- 埋線 máixiàn
- sunken cord (used in bookbinding)
- 掩埋 yǎnmái
- to bury
- 活埋 huómái
- to bury alive
埋 in a sentence
狗把骨頭埋在土裡。
Gǒu bǎ gǔtou mái zài tǔ lǐ.
“The dog buried the bone in the soil.”
How common is 埋?
埋 is the 1,638th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 95.5% of all running text.
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