埋

埋 U+57CB, 埋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57CB ← 埊 [U+57CA] CJK Unified Ideographs 埌 → [U+57CC]

Translingual

Han character

Stroke order

埋 (radical 32, 土+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土田土 (GWG), four-corner 4611₄, composition ⿰土里)

References

• KangXi: page 229, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5116
• Dae Jaweon: page 465, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 443, character 21
• Unihan data for U+57CB

---

Chinese

simp. and trad.		埋

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (里) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
埋	*mrɯː
霾	*mrɯː
薶	*mrɯː
榸	*ʔr'ɯː
厘	*rɯ
狸	*rɯ
貍	*p·rɯ
梩	*rɯ
艃	*rɯ
里	*rɯʔ
理	*rɯʔ
鯉	*rɯʔ
俚	*rɯʔ
悝	*rɯʔ, *km̥ʰlɯː
娌	*rɯʔ
裏	*rɯʔ
荲	*r̥ʰɯɡ, *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mái, mán (mai², man²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˊ, ㄇㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mài
• Min Nan (POJ): bâi / mâi / tâi
• Wu (Wiktionary): ma (T3)

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mái
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˊ
    • Wade–Giles: mai2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mai
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ
    • Wade–Giles: man2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: man
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mán
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män³⁵/

Note: mán - only used in 埋怨.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁴
    • Yale: màaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mäːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mài
    • Hakka Romanization System: maiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mai²
    • Sinological IPA: /mai̯¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâi
    • Tâi-lô: bâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baai
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bai¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /bai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bai²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâi
    • Tâi-lô: mâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maai
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãi²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mãi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâi
    • Tâi-lô: tâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /tai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai²³/

Note: tâi - vernacular (俗), 坮 is used in the Mainland.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ma (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma̱²³/

---

• Middle Chinese: /mˠɛi/

Rime
Character	埋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫皆切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠɛi/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚæi/
Shao Rongfen	/mɐi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məɨj/
Li Rong	/mɛi/
Wang Li	/mɐi/
Bernard Karlgren	/măi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maai4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m.rˤə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mrɯː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	埋
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mái
Middle Chinese	‹ mɛj ›
Old Chinese	/*m.rˁə/
English	bury
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	埋
Reading #	1/1
No.	7817
Phonetic component	里
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	埋
Old Chinese	/*mrɯː/

Definitions

埋

1. to bury; to secrete; to conceal
2. (Cantonese) together; along with; close to; close together

   坐埋 [Cantonese]  ―  co⁵ maai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to sit next to

   企埋 [Cantonese]  ―  kei⁵ maai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to stand next to

   行埋 [Cantonese]  ―  haang⁴ maai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to approach/be near someone; to cross someone's path

   將甲同乙擠埋一齊 [Cantonese, trad.]
   将甲同乙挤埋一齐 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zoeng¹ gaap³ tung⁴ jyut³ zai¹ maai⁴ jat¹ cai⁴ [Jyutping]

   to put A and B next to each other

   儲埋錢 / 储埋钱 [Cantonese]  ―  cou⁵ maai⁴ cin² [Jyutping]  ―  to accumulate money

   黐埋一齊 / 黐埋一齐 [Cantonese]  ―  ci¹ maai⁴ jat¹ cai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to stick together

3. (Cantonese) as well; in addition

   掉埋 [Cantonese]  ―  deu⁶ maai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to also throw away… (in addition to)

   食埋 [Cantonese]  ―  sik⁶ maai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to also eat…

   帶埋個手機 / 带埋个手机 [Cantonese]  ―  daai³ maai⁴ go³ sau² gei¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to bring along a cellphone

4. (Cantonese) to approach; to enter

   埋位 [Cantonese]  ―  maai⁴ wai^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to be seated

   埋站 [Cantonese]  ―  maai⁴ zaam⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  (of a bus) to approach a bus stop; (of a train) to enter a train station

Compounds

• 不伏燒埋／不伏烧埋
• 不服燒埋／不服烧埋
• 匿埋
• 十面埋伏 (shímiànmáifú)
• 土埋半截
• 坑埋
• 埋伏 (máifú)
• 埋冤
• 埋名
• 埋嚟
• 埋堆
• 埋天怨地
• 埋怨 (mányuàn)
• 埋情
• 埋憂／埋忧
• 埋杆豎柱／埋杆竖柱
• 埋根
• 埋殯／埋殡
• 埋沒／埋没 (máimò)

• 埋照
• 埋玉
• 埋葬 (máizàng)
• 埋藏 (máicáng)
• 埋蠱／埋蛊
• 埋設／埋设 (máishè)
• 埋輪／埋轮
• 埋釘子／埋钉子
• 埋銘／埋铭
• 埋鍋造飯／埋锅造饭 (mái guō zàofàn)
• 埋頭／埋头 (máitóu)
• 埋頭苦幹／埋头苦干 (máitóukǔgàn)
• 埋首 (máishǒu)
• 埋香
• 埋香骨
• 埋骨
• 嵌埋法
• 張綱埋輪／张纲埋轮

• 掩埋 (yǎnmái)
• 掩埋場／掩埋场
• 掩骼埋胔
• 椎埋
• 活埋 (huómái)
• 活埋人
• 燒埋／烧埋
• 燒埋錢／烧埋钱
• 狐埋狐搰
• 瘞埋／瘗埋
• 瘞玉埋香／瘗玉埋香
• 葬玉埋香
• 衛生掩埋／卫生掩埋
• 變跡埋名／变迹埋名
• 贓埋／赃埋
• 隱姓埋名／隐姓埋名 (yǐnxìngmáimíng)
• 隱跡埋名／隐迹埋名
• 霧鎖雲埋／雾锁云埋

---

Japanese

Kanji

埋

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. To bury

Readings

• Go-on: まい (mai, Jōyō); め (me)
• Kan-on: ばい (bai)
• Kun: うずまる (uzumaru, 埋まる); うずめる (uzumeru, 埋める); うずもれる (uzumoreru, 埋もれる); うまる (umaru, 埋まる, Jōyō); うめる (umeru, 埋める, Jōyō); うもれる (umoreru, 埋もれる, Jōyō); いける (ikeru, 埋ける)

---

Korean

Hanja

埋 • (mae) (hangeul 매, McCune–Reischauer mae)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

---

Vietnamese

Han character

埋: Hán Nôm readings: mai, mài, man

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.