| 1 | 埋 | 埋 | mái | mai2 | to bury | | |
| 2 | 埋头 | 埋頭 | mái tóu | mai2 tou2 | to immerse oneself in; engrossed in sth; to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain); countersunk (of screws, rivets etc) | | |
| 3 | 埋藏 | 埋藏 | mái cáng | mai2 cang2 | to bury; to hide by burying; hidden | | |
| 4 | 埋伏 | 埋伏 | mái fú | mai2 fu2 | to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush | | |
| 5 | 埋葬 | 埋葬 | mái zàng | mai2 zang4 | to bury | | |
| 6 | 埋汰 | 埋汰 | mái tai | mai2 tai5 | (dialect) dirty; to mock sb | | |
| 7 | 中心埋置关系从句 | 中心埋置關係從句 | zhōng xīn mái zhì guān xì cóng jù | zhong1 xin1 mai2 zhi4 guan1 xi4 cong2 ju4 | center-embedded relative clauses | | |
| 8 | 十面埋伏 | 十面埋伏 | shí miàn mái fú | shi2 mian4 mai2 fu2 | Ambush from ten sides (pipa solo piece); House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 张艺谋 ) | | |
| 9 | 深埋心底 | 深埋心底 | shēn mái xīn dǐ | shen1 mai2 xin1 di3 | to be buried deep in one's heart (idiom) | | |
| 10 | 烧埋 | 燒埋 | shāo mái | shao1 mai2 | to bury; funeral rites | | |
| 11 | 埋线疗法 | 埋線療法 | mái xiàn liáo fǎ | mai2 xian4 liao2 fa3 | thread-burial therapy (medical); suture-burying acupuncture (Chinese medicine) | | |
| 12 | 埋线 | 埋線 | mái xiàn | mai2 xian4 | sunken cord (used in bookbinding) | | |
| 13 | 埋头用功 | 埋頭用功 | mái tóu yòng gōng | mai2 tou2 yong4 gong1 | to be buried in study (idiom) | | |
| 14 | 埋头业务 | 埋頭業務 | mái tóu yè wù | mai2 tou2 ye4 wu4 | to bury oneself in one's profession (idiom) | | |
| 15 | 埋头苦干 | 埋頭苦幹 | mái tóu kǔ gàn | mai2 tou2 ku3 gan4 | to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work; to make an all-out effort; up to the neck in work | | |
| 16 | 埋头伏案 | 埋頭伏案 | mái tóu fú àn | mai2 tou2 fu2 an4 | to be absorbed in one's studies (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 变迹埋名 | 變跡埋名 | biàn jì mái míng | bian4 ji4 mai2 ming2 | to change one's tracks and cover one's name (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 埋首 | 埋首 | mái shǒu | mai2 shou3 | to immerse oneself in (one's work, studies etc) | | |
| 19 | 埋身垅亩 | 埋身壠畝 | mái shēn lǒng mǔ | mai2 shen1 long3 mu3 | to retire from official life (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 埋设 | 埋設 | mái shè | mai2 she4 | to install (water pipes, landmines etc) underground | | |
| 21 | 埋入 | 埋入 | mái rù | mai2 ru4 | Bury it in | | |
| 22 | 埋没 | 埋沒 | mái mò | mai2 mo4 | to engulf; to bury; to overlook; to stifle; to neglect; to fall into oblivion | | |
| 23 | 埋名 | 埋名 | mái míng | mai2 ming2 | to conceal one's identity; to live incognito | | |
| 24 | 埋单 | 埋單 | mái dān | mai2 dan1 | to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese); (fig.) to bear responsibility | | |
| 25 | 活埋 | 活埋 | huó mái | huo2 mai2 | to bury alive | | |