埋伏

Chinese

		to blame; bury	conceal (ambush); prostrate; submit
simp. and trad. (埋伏)		埋	伏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máifú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˊ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁴ fuk⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mài-fu̍k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bâi-ho̍k / mâi-ho̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mai⁵ hog⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máifú → máifu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˊ ㄈㄨˊ → ㄇㄞˊ ˙ㄈㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máifů
    • Wade–Giles: mai²-fu⁵
    • Yale: mái-fu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mai.fwu
    • Palladius: майфу (majfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯³⁵ fu³⁵/ → /maɪ̯³⁵ fu³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁴ fuk⁶
    • Yale: màaih fuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁴ fuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁴ fug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²¹ fʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mài-fu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: maiˇ fug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mai² fug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /mai̯¹¹ fuk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâi-ho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bâi-ho̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bai'hok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bai²⁴⁻²² hɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bai²³⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bai²⁴⁻²² hɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bai²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bai¹³⁻²² hɔk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâi-ho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: mâi-ho̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mai'hok
    • IPA (Taipei): /mãi²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi²³⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mai⁵ hog⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mâi ho̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hok̚⁴/

Verb

埋伏

1. to set up an ambush; to ambush
2. to hide; to lie low

Synonyms

• (hide): 潛伏／潜伏 (qiánfú)

Noun

埋伏

1. ambush
2. ambush combatants

Derived terms

• 十面埋伏 (shímiànmáifú)
• 打埋伏