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

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

to set up an ambush; to ambush
to hide; to lie low

Synonyms

(hide): 潛伏／潜伏 (qiánfú)

Noun

埋伏

ambush
ambush combatants

Derived terms

十面埋伏 (shímiànmáifú)
打埋伏