Dictionary › 埋

埋

mái

HSK 6 Character

What 埋 means

1. to bury

Other readings

埋 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• mánused in {埋怨|mán yuàn}

Example sentences

• 别再埋怨了。
  Stop whining.
• 汤姆在周一被埋了。
  Tāngmǔ zài Zhōuyī bèi mái le.
  Tom was buried Monday.
• 他的埋怨没有尽头。
  Tā de mányuàn méiyǒu jìntóu.
  There is no end to his complaining.
• 她埋葬了她的独生子。
  Tā máizàng le tā de dúshēngzǐ.
  She has buried her only son.
• 他们被埋在一座大坟墓里
  Tāmen bèi mái zài yī zuò dà fénmù lǐ
  They were buried in a mass grave.
• 据说这个区域埋着财宝。
  Jùshuō zhège qūyù mái zhe cáibǎo.
  It is said that treasure is buried in this area.

Words starting with 埋

• 埋怨mán yuànto complain; to grumble (about); to reproach
• 埋伏mái fúto ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low
• 埋葬mái zàngto bury
• 埋没mái mòto engulf; to bury; to overlook
• 埋头mái tóuto immerse oneself in; engrossed in sth; to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain)
• 埋藏mái cángto bury; to hide by burying; hidden
• 埋头苦干mái tóu kǔ gànto bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work; to make an all-out effort…
• 埋名mái míngto conceal one's identity; to live incognito
• 埋单mái dānto pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese)…
• 埋孔mái kǒng(electronics) buried via
• 埋线mái xiànsunken cord (used in bookbinding)
• 埋设mái shèto install (water pipes, landmines etc) underground
• 埋首mái shǒuto immerse oneself in (one's work, studies etc)
• 埋点mái diǎn(web analytics) event tracking; event
• 埋天怨地mán tiān yuàn dìlit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth; fig. to rave and rant
• 埋汰mái tai(dialect) dirty; to mock sb

Words containing 埋

• 掩埋yǎn máito bury
• 活埋huó máito bury alive
• 隐姓埋名yǐn xìng mái míngto conceal one's identity; living incognito
• 包埋bāo máito embed
• 压埋yā máito crush and bury
• 烧埋shāo máito bury; funeral rites
• 打埋伏dǎ mái futo lie in wait; to ambush; to conceal sth
• 隐名埋姓yǐn míng mái xìngto conceal one's identity; living incognito
• 隐迹埋名yǐn jì mái míngto live incognito
• 葬埋zàng máito bury
• 葬玉埋香zàng yù mái xiānglit. burying jade and interring incense (idiom); funeral for a beautiful person
• 落埋怨lào mán yuànto get blamed
• 十面埋伏Shí miàn Mái fúAmbush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece); House of Flying Daggers…

Characters that look like 埋

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 理lǐtexture; grain (of wood); inner essence
• 续xùto continue; to replenish
• 继jìto continue; to follow after; to go on with
• 颁bānto promulgate; to send out; to issue
• 烦fánto feel vexed; to bother; to trouble
• 堀kūcave; hole

Sounds the same

Read mái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 霾haze
• 薶old variant of 埋