埋

Han character edit

Stroke order

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

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Glyph origin edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

埋

1. to bury
2. to hide; to conceal

Synonyms edit

• (to bury):

• (to conceal):

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

埋

1. Only used in 埋怨 (mányuàn).

Etymology 3 edit

Possibly from 摩 (OC *maːl, “to approach; to touch; to draw near”); cognate with Teochew 磨 (bhua5, “to approach”) (Yan et al., 2016).

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

埋

1. (Cantonese) to approach

   埋位 [Cantonese]  ―  maai⁴ wai^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to get in one's place

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

   隻船埋咗岸喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   只船埋咗岸喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zek³ syun⁴ maai⁴ zo² ngon⁶ laa³. [Jyutping]

   The ship has come to the shore.

   快啲埋嚟啦！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   faai³ di¹ maai⁴ lai⁴ laa¹! [Jyutping]

   Hurry up and join us over here!

2. (Cantonese) towards; next to; close to

   唔好行埋嚟。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   m⁴ hou² haang⁴ maai⁴ lai⁴. [Jyutping]

   Don't walk towards me.

   坐埋佢度 [Cantonese]  ―  co⁵ maai⁴ keoi⁵ dou⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to sit next to them

   企埋佢身邊／企埋佢身边 [Cantonese]  ―  kei⁵ maai⁴ keoi⁵ san¹ bin¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to stand next to them

3. (Cantonese) together; close together

   坐埋一齊／坐埋一齐 [Cantonese]  ―  co⁵ maai⁴ jat¹ cai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to sit together

   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; to place A and B together

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

   將啲材料撈埋。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   将啲材料捞埋。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zoeng¹ di¹ coi⁴ liu^6-2 lou¹ maai⁴. [Jyutping]

   Mix the ingredients together.

4. (Cantonese) close; intimate

   行得好埋 [Cantonese]  ―  haang⁴ dak¹ hou² maai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to get intimate

5. (Cantonese) up; aside; away

   儲埋／储埋 [Cantonese]  ―  cou⁵ maai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to accumulate; to store up

   收埋 [Cantonese]  ―  sau¹ maai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to hide away (something)

   放返埋本書。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   放返埋本书。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   fong³ faan¹ maai⁴ bun² syu¹. [Jyutping]

   Put back the book away.

6. (Cantonese) to close; to shut

   埋口 [Cantonese]  ―  maai⁴ hau² [Jyutping]  ―  (of an open wound) to heal

   埋閘／埋闸 [Cantonese]  ―  maai⁴ zaap⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to close for business at night (lit. to shut the gates)

7. (Cantonese) shut; closed

   閂埋度門／闩埋度门 [Cantonese]  ―  saan¹ maai⁴ dou⁶ mun⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to close the door

   瞇埋眼／眯埋眼 [Cantonese]  ―  mei¹ maai⁴ ngaan⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  to shut the eyes

8. (Cantonese) as well; in addition

   加埋呢個／加埋呢个 [Cantonese]  ―  gaa¹ maai⁴ ni¹ go³ [Jyutping]  ―  to add this as well

   你掉垃圾掉埋張紙吖。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   你掉垃圾掉埋张纸吖。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ deu⁶ laap⁶ saap³ deu⁶ maai⁴ zoeng¹ zi² aa¹. [Jyutping]

   Throw out the piece of paper as well when you throw out the garbage.

   帶埋部手機／带埋部手机 [Cantonese]  ―  daai³ maai⁴ bou⁶ sau² gei¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to bring along a cellphone

9. (Cantonese) to finish; to close off

   埋尾 [Cantonese]  ―  maai⁴ mei⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  to finish off

   埋單／埋单 [Cantonese]  ―  maai⁴ daan¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to pay the bill (lit. to close off the bill)

10. (Cantonese) to completion (of the remainder)

    食埋啲飯／食埋啲饭 [Cantonese]  ―  sik⁶ maai⁴ di¹ faan⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to eat the rest of the rice

    乜嘢都俾埋晒 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

    mat¹ je⁵ dou¹ bei² maai⁴ saai³ [Jyutping]

    provide the whole package

    而家先寫得嗰一頁，我覺得你今晚寫唔埋份報告囉。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    而家先写得嗰一页，我觉得你今晚写唔埋份报告啰。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    ji⁴ gaa¹ sin¹ se² dak¹ go² jat¹ jip⁶, ngo⁵ gok³ dak¹ nei⁵ gam¹ maan⁵ se² m⁴ maai⁴ fan⁶ bou³ gou³ lo¹. [Jyutping]

    At this point, you've just written one page. I think you won't be able to finish writing up the report.

    畀同學講埋先啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    畀同学讲埋先啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    bei² tung⁴ hok⁶ gong² maai⁴ sin¹ laa¹. [Jyutping]

    Let your classmate finish what they have to say.

11. (Cantonese) Used to indicate a negative evaluation on an event.

    唔好講埋啲咁難聽嘅說話啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    唔好讲埋啲咁难听嘅说话啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    m⁴ hou² gong² maai⁴ di¹ gam³ naan⁴ teng¹ ge³ syut³ waa⁶ laa¹. [Jyutping]

    Don't say such terrible words.

    你識埋嗮啲食煙嘅朋友，日日吸佢哋啲二手煙，係唔係想生癌啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    你识埋嗮啲食烟嘅朋友，日日吸佢哋啲二手烟，系唔系想生癌啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]

    nei⁵ sik¹ maai⁴ saai³ di¹ sik⁶ jin¹ ge³ pang⁴ jau⁵, jat⁶ jat⁶ kap¹ keoi⁵ dei⁶ di¹ ji⁶ sau² jin¹, hai⁶ m⁴ hai⁶ soeng² saang¹ ngaam⁴ aa³? [Jyutping]

    All the friends you make are those darn smokers, and you're breathing second-hand smoke every day. Do you want to get cancer?

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

    三日唔埋兩日 [Cantonese, trad.]
    三日唔埋两日 [Cantonese, simp.]

    saam¹ jat⁶ m⁴ maai⁴ loeng⁵ jat⁶ [Jyutping]

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    三句唔埋兩句 [Cantonese, trad.]
    三句唔埋两句 [Cantonese, simp.]

    saam¹ geoi³ m⁴ maai⁴ loeng⁵ geoi³ [Jyutping]

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Related terms edit

• 埋埋, ...埋...埋

Compounds edit

Further reading edit

• Winnie Chor (2010) “Inclusion of the outsider — grammaticalization of the verbal particle maai in Cantonese”, in Taiwan Journal of Linguistics‎^[1]

Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to bury

Readings edit

• 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)

Hanja edit

埋 (eumhun 묻을 매 (mudeul mae))

1. Hanja form^? of 매 (“bury, secrete, conceal”).

Han character edit

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}}.