埋葬

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máizàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˊ ㄗㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁴ zong³

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

  (Hokkien, POJ): bâi-chòng / bâi-chōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mai⁵ zeng³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máizàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˊ ㄗㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máizàng
    • Wade–Giles: mai²-tsang⁴
    • Yale: mái-dzàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maitzanq
    • Palladius: майцзан (majczan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯³⁵ t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁴ zong³
    • Yale: màaih jong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁴ dzong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁴ zong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²¹ t͡sɔːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mài-chong
    • Hakka Romanization System: mai^ˇ zong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mai² zong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mai̯¹¹ t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâi-chòng
    • Tâi-lô: bâi-tsòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baizoxng
    • IPA (Taipei): /bai²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bai²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bai¹³⁻²² t͡sɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bai²³⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bai²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâi-chōng
    • Tâi-lô: bâi-tsōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baizong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bai²³⁻³³ t͡sɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bai²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sɔŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mai⁵ zeng³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mâi tsṳ̀ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯŋ²¹³/

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):

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• 下葬 (xiàzàng)
• 入土 (rùtǔ)
• 埋藏 (máicáng)
• 安厝 (āncuò) (literary, or Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 安土 (Hokkien)
• 安葬 (ānzàng)
• 掩埋 (yǎnmái)
• 葬 (zàng)
• 落塗／落涂 (Hokkien)
• 落葬 (luòzàng)

 

• (to wipe out):

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• 亡
• 剪除 (jiǎnchú)
• 打掉 (dǎdiào)
• 撲滅／扑灭 (pūmiè)
• 收拾 (colloquial)
• 根除 (gēnchú)
• 殲滅／歼灭 (jiānmiè)
• 殺滅／杀灭 (shāmiè)
• 毀滅／毁灭 (huǐmiè)
• 泯絕／泯绝 (mǐnjué) (literary)
• 消滅／消灭 (xiāomiè)
• 滅亡／灭亡 (mièwáng)
• 滅殺／灭杀 (mièshā)
• 滅絕／灭绝 (mièjué)
• 絕滅／绝灭 (juémiè)
• 翦除 (jiǎnchú) (literary)
• 解決／解决 (jiějué)
• 討滅／讨灭 (tǎomiè) (literary)

 

• (to hide):

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• 掩 (yǎn)
• 掩蓋／掩盖 (yǎngài) (figurative)
• 掩藏 (yǎncáng)
• 掩飾／掩饰 (yǎnshì)
• 文飾／文饰 (literary)
• 藏掖 (cángyē)
• 遮 (literary, or in compounds)
• 遮掩 (zhēyǎn)
• 遮蓋／遮盖 (zhēgài)
• 隱匿／隐匿 (yǐnnì)
• 隱瞞／隐瞒 (yǐnmán)

 

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠iso̞ː]

Noun

埋(まい)葬(そう) • (maisō) 

1. burial (of a body or ashes)

Verb

埋(まい)葬(そう)する • (maisō suru) transitive suru (stem 埋(まい)葬(そう)し (maisō shi), past 埋(まい)葬(そう)した (maisō shita))

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.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	埋葬し	まいそうし	maisō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	埋葬し	まいそうし	maisō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	埋葬する	まいそうする	maisō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	埋葬する	まいそうする	maisō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	埋葬すれ	まいそうすれ	maisō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	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

Korean

Hanja in this term
埋	葬

Noun

埋葬 • (maejang) (hangeul 매장)

1. hanja form^? of 매장 (“burial”)