埋
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to bury
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How 埋 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
土 (semantic, “earth”) + 里 (phonetic, lǐ)
How to remember it
bury · Heisig RSH #181
ground + computer + dirt
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 里
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 里 (lǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 里 sound component | lǐ | unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane |
| 理 | lǐ | science, reason, logic; to manage |
| 厘 | lí | one thousandth |
| 狸 | lí | fox |
| 哩 | li | mile |
| 鲤 | lǐ | carp |
| 俚 | lǐ | rustic, vulgar, unpolished; mean |
| 悝 | kuī | to laugh at; to pity; sad; afflicted |
| 陧 | niè | chaos, disorder |
| 锂 | lǐ | lithium |
| 娌 | lǐ | brother's wife |
Words containing 埋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 埋头苦干 | mái tóu kǔ gàn | to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work; to make an all-out effort; up to… |
| 十面埋伏 | Shí miàn Mái fú | Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece); House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimo… |
| 埋天怨地 | mán tiān yuàn dì | lit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth; fig. to rave and rant |
| 打埋伏 | dǎ mái fu | to lie in wait; to ambush; to conceal sth |
| 埋头 | mái tóu | to immerse oneself in; engrossed in sth; to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain); countersu… |
| 隐迹埋名 | yǐn jì mái míng | to live incognito |
| 埋点 | mái diǎn | (web analytics) event tracking; event |
| 埋线 | mái xiàn | sunken cord (used in bookbinding) |
| 埋名 | mái míng | to conceal one's identity; to live incognito |
| 埋单 | mái dān | to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese); (fig.) to bear responsibi… |
| 葬玉埋香 | zàng yù mái xiāng | lit. burying jade and interring incense (idiom); funeral for a beautiful person |
| 包埋 | bāo mái | to embed |
| 活埋 | huó mái | to bury alive |
| 压埋 | yā mái | to crush and bury |
| 埋首 | mái shǒu | to immerse oneself in (one's work, studies etc) |
| 落埋怨 | lào mán yuàn | to get blamed |
| 埋没 | mái mò | to engulf; to bury; to overlook; to stifle; to neglect; to fall into oblivion |
| 隐名埋姓 | yǐn míng mái xìng | see 隱姓埋名|隐姓埋名[yin3 xing4 mai2 ming2] |
| 隐姓埋名 | yǐn xìng mái míng | to conceal one's identity; living incognito |
| 埋藏 | mái cáng | to bury; to hide by burying; hidden |