Wiktionary

埋

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

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

Stroke order
 

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

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.
 埋

Glyph originEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

DefinitionsEdit

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 wai6-2 [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
    快啲埋嚟啦！ [Cantonese]  ―  faai3 di1 maai4 lai4 laa1! [Jyutping]  ―  Hurry up and join us over here!

CompoundsEdit

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

埋

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. To bury

ReadingsEdit

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

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

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

埋: Hán Nôm readings: mai, mài, man

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