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maai4
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[1] bury; cover up [2] conceal; hide [3] [粵] move closer to; close up [4] [粵] join company; together [5] [粵] even; too; also; as well [6] [粵] finish off; settle an account [7] [粵] indiscriminately Pinyin [man2] is used only in compound 埋怨.
Stroke count: 10
Level: 2
Radical: 土 (#32)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 理 |
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| This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Jul 2009 12:55 | ||
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同埋
tung4 maai4 = and; join in 粵
埋單
maai4 daan1 = call for the bill (US/AU: check) at restaurants 粵
匿埋
nei1 maai4 = to hide 粵
埋便
maai4 bin6 = the near side 粵
埋來
maai4 lai4 = come here; come closer 粵
話唔埋
waa6 m4 maai4 = perhaps; maybe 粵
埋伏
maai4 fuk6 = ambush; lie low
夾埋
gaap3 maai4 = collude; pool together 粵
埋嚟
maai4 lai4 = to come towards the object here 粵
返埋嚟
faan1 maai4 lai4 = to come back towards the speaker and the object 粵See all 86 compounds (CantoDict reports 89 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 23 examples containing 埋
有個人喺棵樹後面匿埋 粵
There's someone hiding behind the tree. [Lit. have [counter] person at [counter] tree behind-face hide]
我對鞋畀我做嘢嗰度個秘書收埋咗 粵
My shoes were hidden by the secretary at work. [Lit. I pair shoes by I work there [classifier] secretary hide-already]
佢哋終於喺返埋一齊 粵
In the end they got back together again. [終於 here implies that the event of them getting back together happened a while ago (maybe a year or two) and that you've only just found out.]
佢哋卒之喺返埋一齊 粵
In the end they got back together again. [卒之, as with 終於, implies that the event of them getting back together happened a while ago (maybe a year or two) and that you've only just found out.]
佢哋最後喺返埋一齊 粵
They recently got back together. [最後 implies something that happened recently - in this context, probably days or at most a month.]
啲細路仔匿埋喺張枱下便 粵
The kids are hiding under the table. [Lit. the kids hide at [counter] table underneath.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Decimal representation of this word: 埋
Unicode code for this character: U+57cb (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 埋
Unicode code for this character: U+57cb (off-site link)
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