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埋
mái
1. to bury
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

埋
mái
to bury; to conceal; to plant
HSK 6 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

掩埋
yǎnmái
to bury
烧埋
shāomái
to bury
压埋
yāmái
to crush and bury
活埋
huómái
to bury alive
葬埋
zàngmái
to bury
埋单
máidān
to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese)
埋伏
máifú
to ambush
HSK 6
埋汰
máitai
(dialect) dirty
埋没
máimò
to engulf
HSK 6
埋线
máixiàn
sunken cord (used in bookbinding)
埋葬
máizàng
to bury
HSK 6
埋藏
máicáng
to bury
埋头
máitóu
to immerse oneself in
埋名
máimíng
to conceal one's identity
打埋伏
dǎmáifu
to lie in wait
隐迹埋名
yǐnjìmáimíng
to live incognito
十面埋伏
shímiànmáifú
Ambush from ten sides (pipa solo piece)
埋头苦干
máitóukǔgàn
to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
葬玉埋香
zàngyùmáixiāng
lit. burying jade and interring incense (idiom); funeral for a beautiful person
隐名埋姓
yǐnmíngmáixìng
to conceal one's identity

Alternate Entries

埋
mán
to blame

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,639
Word Frequency Rank
2,466 of 84,292

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