埋

埋	U+57CB, 埋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57CB

← 埊
[U+57CA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

埌 →
[U+57CC]

Translingual

Han character

Stroke order

埋 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土田土 (GWG), four-corner 4611₄, composition ⿰土里)

References

KangXi: page 229, character 28

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5116

Dae Jaweon: page 465, character 18

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 443, character 21

Unihan data for U+57CB

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (里) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
埋	*mrɯː
霾	*mrɯː
薶	*mrɯː
榸	*ʔr'ɯː
厘	*rɯ
狸	*rɯ
貍	*p·rɯ
梩	*rɯ
艃	*rɯ
里	*rɯʔ
理	*rɯʔ
鯉	*rɯʔ
俚	*rɯʔ
悝	rɯʔ, km̥ʰlɯː
娌	*rɯʔ
裏	*rɯʔ
荲	r̥ʰɯɡ, l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		埋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mái (mai²)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˊ
(Chengdu, SP): mai²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): maai⁴
(Taishan, Wiktionary): mai³
Gan (Wiktionary): mai⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mài
(Meixian, Guangdong): mai²
Jin (Wiktionary): mei¹ / mai¹
Min Bei (KCR): mâi
Min Dong (BUC): muài / mài
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): bâi / mâi / tâi
(Teochew, Peng'im): mai⁵ / dai⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): ma (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): mai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mái
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mái
  - Wade–Giles: mai²
  - Yale: mái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mai
  - Palladius: май (maj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: mai²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mai
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mai²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maai⁴
  - Yale: màaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: mai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbai²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: mai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mai³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mài
  - Hakka Romanization System: maiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mai²
  - Sinological IPA: /mai̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mai²
  - Sinological IPA: /maɪ¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: mei¹ / mai¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /mei¹¹/, /mai¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mai³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: muài / mài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /muai⁵³/, /mai⁵³/

Note:

muài - vernacular;
mài - literary.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâi
  - Tâi-lô: bâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baai
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bai¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /bai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bai²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâi
  - Tâi-lô: mâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: maai
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mãi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâi
  - Tâi-lô: tâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daai
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /tai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai²³/

Note: tâi - vernacular (also written as 坮).

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mai⁵ / dai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mâi / tâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mai⁵⁵/, /tai⁵⁵/

Note: dai5 - vernacular (also written as 坮).

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ma (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma̱²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: mai²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mai¹³/

Middle Chinese: /mˠɛi/

Rime
Character	埋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫皆切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠɛi/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚæi/
Shao Rongfen	/mɐi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məɨj/
Li Rong	/mɛi/
Wang Li	/mɐi/
Bernard Karlgren	/măi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maai⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m.rˤə/
(Zhengzhang): /*mrɯː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	埋
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mái
Middle Chinese	‹ mɛj ›
Old Chinese	/*m.rˁə/
English	bury
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	埋
Reading #	1/1
No.	7817
Phonetic component	里
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	埋
Old Chinese	/*mrɯː/

Definitions

埋

to bury
to hide; to conceal

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 埋 (“to bury”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		埋
Mandarin	Beijing	埋
	Taiwan	埋
	Jinan	埋
	Xi'an	埋
	Wuhan	埋
	Chengdu	埋
	Yangzhou	埋
	Hefei	埋
	Singapore	埋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	埋, 壅
	Hong Kong	埋, 壅
	Yangjiang	埋
Gan	Nanchang	埋
Hakka	Meixian	埋
Jin	Taiyuan	埋
Min Bei	Jian'ou	庇
Min Dong	Fuzhou	埋
Min Nan	Xiamen	坮, 埋
	Quanzhou	坮
	Zhangzhou	坮
	Tainan	坮
	Chaozhou	坮, 䃭
	Shantou	坮, 䃭
	Jieyang	坮, 䃭
	Leizhou	坮
	Haikou	坮
Wu	Suzhou	埋
Wu	Wenzhou	塸
Xiang	Changsha	埋
Xiang	Shuangfeng	埋, 聾

Compounds

Derived terms from 埋

伏埋
假埋
十面埋伏 (shímiànmáifú)
土埋半截
坑埋
埋伏 (máifú)
埋伏圈
埋光
埋冤
埋匿
埋名
埋堙
埋天怨地
埋年
埋情
埋掩
埋暮
埋根
埋汰 (máitai)
埋溜子
埋照
埋玉
埋祟
埋窆
埋羹太守
埋翳
埋葬 (máizàng)
埋藏 (máicáng)
埋蛇
埋覆
埋首 (máishǒu)
埋香
埋香骨
埋骨
埋魂

屈埋
嵌埋法
打埋伏 (dǎ máifu)
掩埋 (yǎnmái)
掩骼埋窆
掩骼埋胔
收埋
栽埋
椎埋
椎埋屠狗
椎埋穿掘
活埋 (huómái)
活埋人
淹埋
湮埋
狐埋狐搰
生埋
葬埋
葬玉埋香
藏埋
覆埋
香埋
沈埋
不伏燒埋／不伏烧埋
不服燒埋／不服烧埋
埋兒／埋儿
埋劍／埋剑
埋憂／埋忧
埋杆豎柱／埋杆竖柱
埋殮／埋殓
埋殯／埋殡
埋沒／埋没 (máimò)
埋滅／埋灭
埋瘞／埋瘗
埋縕／埋缊

埋聲晦蹟／埋声晦迹
埋蠱／埋蛊
埋設／埋设 (máishè)
埋車／埋车
埋輪／埋轮
埋輪破柱／埋轮破柱
埋釘子／埋钉子
埋銘／埋铭
埋鍋造飯／埋锅造饭 (mái guō zàofàn)
埋頭／埋头 (máitóu)
埋頭苦幹／埋头苦干 (máitóukǔgàn)
埋頭顧影／埋头顾影
塵埋／尘埋
張綱埋輪／张纲埋轮
掩埋場／掩埋场
斂埋／敛埋
椎埋狗竊／椎埋狗窃
殯埋／殡埋
毀埋／毁埋
燒埋／烧埋
燒埋銀／烧埋银
燒埋錢／烧埋钱
狐埋狐揚／狐埋狐扬
瘞埋／瘗埋
瘞玉埋香／瘗玉埋香
築埋／筑埋
繫馬埋輪／系马埋轮
衛生掩埋／卫生掩埋
變跡埋名／变迹埋名
贓埋／赃埋
郭巨埋兒／郭巨埋儿
隱名埋姓／隐名埋姓
隱姓埋名／隐姓埋名 (yǐnxìngmáimíng)
隱跡埋名／隐迹埋名
霧鎖雲埋／雾锁云埋

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		埋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mán (man²)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˊ
(Chengdu, SP): mai²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): maai⁴
(Taishan, Wiktionary): mai³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mài
(Meixian, Guangdong): mai²
Jin (Wiktionary): mai¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): bâi
(Teochew, Peng'im): mai⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): ma (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mán
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mán
  - Wade–Giles: man²
  - Yale: mán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: man
  - Palladius: мань (manʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /män³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: mai²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mai
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mai²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maai⁴
  - Yale: màaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: mai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbai²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mài
  - Hakka Romanization System: maiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mai²
  - Sinological IPA: /mai̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mai²
  - Sinological IPA: /maɪ¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: mai¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /mai¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâi
  - Tâi-lô: bâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bai²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bai²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bai¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bai²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bai²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mai⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ma (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma̱²³/

Definitions

埋

Only used in 埋怨 (mányuàn).

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		埋
alternative forms		𠹺 particle 枚 Siyi

Possibly from 摩 (OC *maːl, “to approach; to touch; to draw near”); cognate with Teochew 磨 (bhua5, “to approach”) (Yan et al., 2016).

Pronunciation

Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): maai⁴
(Taishan, Wiktionary): moi³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maai⁴
  - Yale: màaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: moi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbᵘɔi²²/

Definitions

埋

(Cantonese) to approach
埋位 [Cantonese] ― maai⁴ wai^6-2 [Jyutping] ― to get in one's place
埋站 [Cantonese] ― maai⁴ zaam⁶ [Jyutping] ― (of a bus) to approach a bus stop; (of a train) to enter a train station
隻船埋咗岸喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
只船埋咗岸喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]
zek³ syun⁴ maai⁴ zo² ngon⁶ laa³. [Jyutping]
The ship has come to the shore.
快啲埋嚟啦！ [Cantonese] ― faai³ di¹ maai⁴ lai⁴ laa¹! [Jyutping] ― Hurry up and join us over here!
(Cantonese) towards; next to; close to
唔好行埋嚟。 [Cantonese] ― m⁴ hou² haang⁴ maai⁴ lai⁴. [Jyutping] ― Don't walk towards me.
坐埋佢度 [Cantonese] ― co⁵ maai⁴ keoi⁵ dou⁶ [Jyutping] ― to sit next to them
企埋佢身邊／企埋佢身边 [Cantonese] ― kei⁵ maai⁴ keoi⁵ san¹ bin¹ [Jyutping] ― to stand next to them
(Cantonese) together; close together
坐埋一齊／坐埋一齐 [Cantonese] ― co⁵ maai⁴ jat¹ cai⁴ [Jyutping] ― to sit together
將甲同乙擠埋一齊 [Cantonese, trad.]
将甲同乙挤埋一齐 [Cantonese, simp.]
zoeng¹ gaap³ tung⁴ jyut³ zai¹ maai⁴ jat¹ cai⁴ [Jyutping]
to put A and B next to each other; to place A and B together
黐埋一齊／黐埋一齐 [Cantonese] ― ci¹ maai⁴ jat¹ cai⁴ [Jyutping] ― to stick together
將啲材料撈埋。 [Cantonese, trad.]
将啲材料捞埋。 [Cantonese, simp.]
zoeng¹ di¹ coi⁴ liu^6-2 lou¹ maai⁴. [Jyutping]
Mix the ingredients together.
(Cantonese) close; intimate
行得好埋 [Cantonese] ― haang⁴ dak¹ hou² maai⁴ [Jyutping] ― to get intimate
(Cantonese) up; aside; away
儲埋／储埋 [Cantonese] ― cou⁵ maai⁴ [Jyutping] ― to accumulate; to store up
收埋 [Cantonese] ― sau¹ maai⁴ [Jyutping] ― to hide away (something)
放返埋本書。／放返埋本书。 [Cantonese] ― fong³ faan¹ maai⁴ bun² syu¹. [Jyutping] ― Put back the book away.
(Cantonese) to close; to shut
埋口 [Cantonese] ― maai⁴ hau² [Jyutping] ― (of an open wound) to heal
埋閘／埋闸 [Cantonese] ― maai⁴ zaap⁶ [Jyutping] ― to close for business at night (lit. to shut the gates)
(Cantonese) shut; closed
閂埋度門／闩埋度门 [Cantonese] ― saan¹ maai⁴ dou⁶ mun⁴ [Jyutping] ― to close the door
瞇埋眼／眯埋眼 [Cantonese] ― mei¹ maai⁴ ngaan⁵ [Jyutping] ― to shut the eyes
(Cantonese) as well; in addition
加埋呢個／加埋呢个 [Cantonese] ― gaa¹ maai⁴ ni¹ go³ [Jyutping] ― to add this as well
你掉垃圾掉埋張紙吖。 [Cantonese, trad.]
你掉垃圾掉埋张纸吖。 [Cantonese, simp.]
nei⁵ deu⁶ laap⁶ saap³ deu⁶ maai⁴ zoeng¹ zi² aa¹. [Jyutping]
Throw out the piece of paper as well when you throw out the garbage.
帶埋部手機／带埋部手机 [Cantonese] ― daai³ maai⁴ bou⁶ sau² gei¹ [Jyutping] ― to bring along a cellphone
(Cantonese) to finish; to close off
埋尾 [Cantonese] ― maai⁴ mei⁵ [Jyutping] ― to finish off
埋單／埋单 [Cantonese] ― maai⁴ daan¹ [Jyutping] ― to pay the bill (lit. to close off the bill)
(Cantonese) to completion (of the remainder)
食埋啲飯／食埋啲饭 [Cantonese] ― sik⁶ maai⁴ di¹ faan⁶ [Jyutping] ― to eat the rest of the rice
而家先寫得嗰一頁，我覺得你今晚寫唔埋份報告囉。 [Cantonese, trad.]
而家先写得嗰一页，我觉得你今晚写唔埋份报告啰。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ji⁴ gaa¹ sin¹ se² dak¹ go² jat¹ jip⁶, ngo⁵ gok³ dak¹ nei⁵ gam¹ maan⁵ se² m⁴ maai⁴ fan⁶ bou³ gou³ lo¹. [Jyutping]
At this point, you've just written one page. I think you won't be able to finish writing up the report.
畀同學講埋先啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
畀同学讲埋先啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]
bei² tung⁴ hok⁶ gong² maai⁴ sin¹ laa¹. [Jyutping]
Let your classmate finish what they have to say.
(Cantonese) Used to indicate a negative evaluation on an event.
唔好講埋啲咁難聽嘅說話啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
唔好讲埋啲咁难听嘅说话啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]
m⁴ hou² gong² maai⁴ di¹ gam³ naan⁴ teng¹ ge³ syut³ waa⁶ laa¹. [Jyutping]
Don't say such terrible words.
你識埋嗮啲食煙嘅朋友，日日吸佢哋啲二手煙，係唔係想生癌啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
你识埋嗮啲食烟嘅朋友，日日吸佢哋啲二手烟，系唔系想生癌啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]
nei⁵ sik¹ maai⁴ saai³ di¹ sik⁶ jin¹ ge³ pang⁴ jau⁵, jat⁶ jat⁶ kap¹ keoi⁵ dei⁶ di¹ ji⁶ sau² jin¹, hai⁶ m⁴ hai⁶ soeng² saang¹ ngaam⁴ aa³? [Jyutping]
All the friends you make are those darn smokers, and you're breathing second-hand smoke everyday. Do you want to get cancer?

Compounds

Derived terms from 埋

串埋
共埋
加埋
匿埋
十指孖埋
合埋
同埋
唔埋得鼻
埋位
埋便
埋去
埋口
埋嚟
埋堆
埋尾
埋岸
埋席
埋年
埋底
埋手
埋手打三更
埋牙
埋站
埋芡
埋街
埋身
好天收埋落雨柴
打埋

拉埋天窗
揦埋
揦埋口面
收埋
收收埋埋
柄埋
炒埋一碟
煮到埋嚟就食
痴痴呆呆，坐埋一枱
群埋
行埋
𠸎埋
三步擸埋兩步／三步擸埋两步
企埋一邊／企埋一边
傾唔埋／倾唔埋
傾得埋／倾得埋
儲埋／储埋
出埋飲奶力／出埋饮奶力
坐埋一條船／坐埋一条船
坐埋同一條船／坐埋同一条船
埋單／埋单 (máidān)
埋數／埋数
埋棧／埋栈
埋檯／埋台
埋櫃／埋柜
埋欄／埋栏
埋籠／埋笼

埋門一腳／埋门一脚
埋閘／埋闸
埋頭／埋头
埋齋／埋斋
大纜都扯唔埋／大缆都扯唔埋
夾埋／夹埋
好天斬埋落雨柴／好天斩埋落雨柴
對埋／对埋
山大斬埋有柴／山大斩埋有柴
摺埋／折埋
撼頭埋牆／撼头埋墙
殺到埋身／杀到埋身
湊埋／凑埋
煮埋一鑊／煮埋一镬
疊埋心水／叠埋心水
瞇埋眼／眯埋眼
繑埋雙手／𰬐埋双手
腦囟未生埋／脑囟未生埋
著埋一條褲／着埋一条裤
話口唔埋／话口唔埋
話唔埋／话唔埋
話得埋／话得埋
諗埋一便／谂埋一便
諗埋一邊／谂埋一边
諗埋一面／谂埋一面
連埋／连埋
開口埋口／开口埋口

Japanese

Kanji

埋

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

to bury

Readings

Go-on: まい (mai, Jōyō); め (me)
Kan-on: ばい (bai)
Kun: うずまる (uzumaru, 埋まる); うずめる (uzumeru, 埋める); うずもれる (uzumoreru, 埋もれる); うまる (umaru, 埋まる, Jōyō); うめる (umeru, 埋める, Jōyō); うもれる (umoreru, 埋もれる, Jōyō); いける (ikeru, 埋ける)

Korean

Hanja

埋 (eumhun 묻을 매 (mudeul mae))

Hanja form^? of 매 (“bury, secrete, conceal”).

Vietnamese

Han character

埋: Hán Nôm readings: mai, mài, man

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埋

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