埋葬

Chinese

		to blame; bury	bury (the dead)
trad. (埋葬)		埋	葬
simp. ^#(埋葬)		埋	葬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): máizàng
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˊ ㄗㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁴ zong³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mài-chong
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): bâi-chòng / bâi-chōng
(Teochew, Peng'im): mai⁵ zeng³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: máizàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˊ ㄗㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: máizàng
  - Wade–Giles: mai²-tsang⁴
  - Yale: mái-dzàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maitzanq
  - Palladius: майцзан (majczan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯³⁵ t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maai⁴ zong³
  - Yale: màaih jong
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁴ dzong³
  - Guangdong Romanization: mai⁴ zong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²¹ t͡sɔːŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mài-chong
  - Hakka Romanization System: maiˇ zong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mai² zong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /mai̯¹¹ t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâi-chòng
  - Tâi-lô: bâi-tsòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baizoxng
  - IPA (Taipei): /bai²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɔŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bai²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bai¹³⁻²² t͡sɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bai²³⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bai²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâi-chōng
  - Tâi-lô: bâi-tsōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baizong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bai²³⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bai²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɔŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mai⁵ zeng³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mâi tsṳ̀ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯŋ²¹³/

Verb

埋葬

to bury (the dead); to inter
(literary, figuratively) to wipe out; to eliminate
(literary, figuratively) to hide; to conceal; to cover

Synonyms

(to bury):

edit

下葬 (xiàzàng)
入土 (rùtǔ)
埋藏 (máicáng)
安厝 (āncuò) (literary, or Min Nan)
安土 (Min Nan)

安葬 (ānzàng)
掩埋 (yǎnmái)
落葬 (luòzàng)
落塗／落涂 (Min Nan)

(to wipe out):

edit

Synonyms of 埋葬

剪除 (jiǎnchú)
打掉 (dǎdiào)
收拾 (shōushi) (colloquial)
根除 (gēnchú)
翦除 (jiǎnchú) (literary)
撲滅／扑灭 (pūmiè)
殲滅／歼灭 (jiānmiè)
殺滅／杀灭 (shāmiè)
毀滅／毁灭 (huǐmiè)

泯絕／泯绝 (mǐnjué) (literary)
消滅／消灭 (xiāomiè)
滅亡／灭亡 (mièwáng)
滅殺／灭杀 (mièshā)
滅絕／灭绝 (mièjué)
絕滅／绝灭 (juémiè)
解決／解决 (jiějué)
討滅／讨灭 (tǎomiè) (literary)

(to hide):

edit

Synonyms of 埋葬

掩 (yǎn)
掩藏 (yǎncáng)
藏掖 (cángyē)
遮 (zhē) (literary, or in compounds)
遮掩 (zhēyǎn)
掩蓋／掩盖 (yǎngài) (figurative)

掩飾／掩饰 (yǎnshì)
文飾／文饰 (wénshì) (literary)
遮蓋／遮盖 (zhēgài)
隱匿／隐匿 (yǐnnì)
隱瞞／隐瞒 (yǐnmán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
埋	葬
まい Grade: S	そう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi

IPA^(key): [ma̠iso̞ː]

Noun

埋(まい)葬(そう) • (maisō)

burial (of a body or ashes)

Verb

埋(まい)葬(そう)する • (maisō suru) transitive suru (stem 埋(まい)葬(そう)し (maisō shi), past 埋(まい)葬(そう)した (maisō shita))

bury (a body or ashes)
ペットを庭(にわ)に埋葬(まいそう)する
petto o niwa ni maisō suru
bury a pet in the garden

Conjugation

Conjugation of "埋葬する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	埋葬し	まいそうし	maisō shi
Continuative (連用形)	埋葬し	まいそうし	maisō shi
Terminal (終止形)	埋葬する	まいそうする	maisō suru
Attributive (連体形)	埋葬する	まいそうする	maisō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	埋葬すれ	まいそうすれ	maisō sure
Imperative (命令形)	埋葬せよ¹ 埋葬しろ²	まいそうせよ¹ まいそうしろ²	maisō seyo¹ maisō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	埋葬される	まいそうされる	maisō sareru
Causative	埋葬させる埋葬さす	まいそうさせるまいそうさす	maisō saseru maisō sasu
Potential	埋葬できる	まいそうできる	maisō dekiru
Volitional	埋葬しよう	まいそうしよう	maisō shiyō
Negative	埋葬しない	まいそうしない	maisō shinai
Negative continuative	埋葬せず	まいそうせず	maisō sezu
Formal	埋葬します	まいそうします	maisō shimasu
Perfective	埋葬した	まいそうした	maisō shita
Conjunctive	埋葬して	まいそうして	maisō shite
Hypothetical conditional	埋葬すれば	まいそうすれば	maisō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
埋	葬

Noun

埋葬 • (maejang) (hangeul 매장)

Hanja form^? of 매장 (“burial”).