Chinese Word: 埋 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

埋Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 土

Pictophonetic:里 indicates the sound; 土 (earth) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 土 [ tǔ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
- 里 [ lǐ ] unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane

Similar Characters: 悝狸俚哩理

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Pinyin: mái

English Definition:to bury

Chinese Definition:
①葬：埋葬。
②把东西放在坑里用土、雪、落叶盖上：掩埋。埋地雷。
③隐藏：埋没。埋伏。埋头。隐姓埋名。

Example Words:

埋头	mái tóu	to immerse oneself in; engrossed in sth; to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain); countersunk (of screws, rivets etc)
埋伏HSK 6	mái fú	to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush
埋葬HSK 6	mái zàng	to bury
埋藏	mái cáng	to bury; to hide by burying; hidden
掩埋	yǎn mái	to bury

Pinyin: mán

English Definition:to blame

Chinese Definition:
①(埋怨)因为事情不如意而对人或事物表示不满、责怪(“怨”读轻声)。

Example Words:

埋怨HSK 6	mán yuàn	to complain; to grumble (about); to reproach; to blame
落埋怨	lào mán yuàn	to get blamed
埋三怨四	mán sān yuàn sì	to complain about this and that (idiom)
埋天怨地	mán tiān yuàn dì	lit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth; fig. to rave and rant

1		zhè ge 这个 nán hái 男孩 mái tóu 埋头 dú shū 读书。 The boy buried himself in his books.
2		zhè xiē 这些 dòng wù 动物 de 的 huà shí 化石 bèi 被 mái 埋 zài 在 dì xià 地下 jǐ 几 bǎi wàn nián 百万年。 The fossils of these animals have been buried for millions of years underground.