Keyword
to bury
- to conceal
- to plant
- Frequency
- #1809
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
mái100%
Mnemonic
土 (earth) gives the meaning and 里 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
埋
to bury
埋葬
to bury
埋怨
to complain; to grumble (about); to reproach; to blame
埋伏
to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush
掩埋
to bury
活埋
to bury alive
埋藏
to bury; to hide by burying; hidden
埋头
to immerse oneself in; engrossed in sth; to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain); countersunk (of screws, rivets etc)
埋没
to engulf; to bury; to overlook; to stifle; to neglect; to fall into oblivion
埋单
to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese); (fig.) to bear responsibility
埋头苦干
to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work; to make an all-out effort; up to the neck in work
隐姓埋名
to conceal one's identity; living incognito
埋设
to install (water pipes, landmines etc) underground
埋首
to immerse oneself in (one's work, studies etc)
十面埋伏
Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece); House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 张艺谋 (ZhāngYìmóu))
埋汰
(dialect) dirty; to mock sb
包埋
to embed
埋名
to conceal one's identity; to live incognito
埋线
sunken cord (used in bookbinding)
打埋伏
to lie in wait; to ambush; to conceal sth