埋葬

Chinese

		to blame; bury	bury (the dead)
simp. and trad. (埋葬)		埋	葬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máizàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˊ ㄗㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁴ zong³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mài-chong
• Min Nan (POJ): bâi-chòng / bâi-chōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: máizàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˊ ㄗㄤˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maitzanq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máizàng
    • IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯³⁵ t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁴ zong³
    • Yale: màaih jong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁴ dzong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁴ zong³
    • IPA ^(key): /mäːi̯²¹ t͡sɔːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mài-chong
    • Hakka Romanization System: maiˇ zong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mai² zong⁴
    • IPA: /mai̯¹¹ t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâi-chòng
    • Tâi-lô: bâi-tsòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baizoxng
    • IPA (Taipei): /baɪ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /baɪ¹³⁻²² t͡sɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /baɪ²³⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /baɪ²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /baɪ²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâi-chōng
    • Tâi-lô: bâi-tsōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baizong
    • IPA (Taipei): /baɪ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /baɪ²³⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ³³/

Verb

埋葬

1. to bury (the dead); to inter
2. (literary, figuratively) to wipe out; to eliminate
3. (literary, figuratively) to hide; to conceal; to cover

Synonyms

• (to bury):

edit

• 下葬 (xiàzàng)
• 埋藏 (máicáng)
• 安厝 (Min Nan)
• 安土 (Min Nan)

• 安葬 (ānzàng)
• 掩埋 (yǎnmái)
• 落塗／落涂 (Min Nan)
• 落葬 (luòzàng)

• (to wipe out):

edit

• 剪除 (jiǎnchú)
• 撲滅／扑灭 (pūmiè)
• 根除 (gēnchú)
• 殲滅／歼灭 (jiānmiè)

• 毀滅／毁灭 (huǐmiè)
• 消滅／消灭 (xiāomiè)
• 滅亡／灭亡 (mièwáng)

• (to hide): 掩藏 (yǎncáng), 掩蓋／掩盖 (yǎngài)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
埋	葬
まい Grade: S	そう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ma̠iso̞ː]

Noun

埋葬 (hiragana まいそう, rōmaji maisō)

1. burial (of a body or ashes)

Verb

埋葬する (transitive, suru conjugation, hiragana まいそうする, rōmaji maisō suru)

1. bury (a body or ashes)

   ペットを庭 (にわ)に埋葬 (まいそう)する

   petto o niwa ni maisō suru

   bury a pet in the garden

Conjugation

Conjugation of "埋葬する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	埋葬し	まいそうし	maisō shi
Continuative (連用形)	埋葬し	まいそうし	maisō shi
Terminal (終止形)	埋葬する	まいそうする	maisō suru
Attributive (連体形)	埋葬する	まいそうする	maisō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	埋葬すれ	まいそうすれ	maisō sure
Imperative (命令形)	埋葬せよ¹ 埋葬しろ²	まいそうせよ¹ まいそうしろ²	maisō seyo¹ maisō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	埋葬される	まいそうされる	maisō sareru
Causative	埋葬させる 埋葬さす	まいそうさせる まいそうさす	maisō saseru maisō sasu
Potential	埋葬できる	まいそうできる	maisō dekiru
Volitional	埋葬しよう	まいそうしよう	maisō shiyō
Negative	埋葬しない	まいそうしない	maisō shinai
Negative continuative	埋葬せず	まいそうせず	maisō sezu
Formal	埋葬します	まいそうします	maisō shimasu
Perfective	埋葬した	まいそうした	maisō shita
Conjunctive	埋葬して	まいそうして	maisō shite
Hypothetical conditional	埋葬すれば	まいそうすれば	maisō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative