埋 (mái): To bury — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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HSK 3.0Vocab 6 Recognition 6

1.

Animated Stroke Order 埋

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 埋

3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

埋

土earth

里inside

埋=

4.

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5.

How to Use 埋

Burying or Hiding

In these words, mái conveys covering, burying, or hiding something physically or figuratively.

HSK 6

6.

HSK Vocabulary: 埋

HSK 6

mán埋

yuàn

7.

Example Sentences

tā他

men们

àn按

zhào照

chuán传

tǒng统

yí

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土earth

+里inside

Earth (土) covering something within (里) — to bury or conceal underground.

mái埋

fú伏

ambush; lie in wait

HSK 6

mái埋

mò没

bury; cover up

HSK 6

mái埋

zàng葬

bury

怨

complain; blame; grumble

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

mái埋

cáng藏

Bury / conceal

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

mái埋

tóu头

kǔ苦

gàn干

work hard without pause

仪

shì式

mái埋

zàng葬

le了

zǔ祖

xiān先

。

They buried their ancestors according to traditional rituals

tā他

mái埋

tóu头

kǔ苦

gàn干

zhōng终

yú于

wán完

chéng成

le了

xiàng项

mù目

。

He worked diligently and finally completed the project

tā他

bǎ把

bǎo宝

zàng藏

mái埋

zài在

le了

dà大

shù树

xià下

。

He buried the treasure under the big tree.

shì士

bīng兵

men们

zài在

shān山

gǔ谷

lǐ里

shè设

xià下

mái埋

fú伏

。

The soldiers set up an ambush in the valley

shí时

jiān间

yǎn掩

mái埋

le了

guò过

qù去

de的

shāng伤

tòng痛

。

Time buried the pain of the past.

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