埋 (maai4 | mai2 man2) : bury; conceal; finish up; move closer

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埋

maai4

mai2 man2

[1] [v] bury; cover up; lay sth underground
[2] [v] conceal; hide; lie low
[3] [粵] [v] finish up; close out; settle (an account)
[4] [粵] [v] move closer/nearer to; close in/up
[5] [粵] [adv] closer together; nearer to
[6] [粵] [adv] even; too; also; as well

1. For usages in Cantonese, see [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]
2. Pinyin [man2] is used only in compound 埋怨.

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 土 (#32)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

埋

Don't confuse with:
理

This word has been viewed 20919 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jul 2015 11:13

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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 mai2 fu2 = 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

喺埋一齊 hai2 maai4 jat1 cai4 xi4 mai2 yi1 qi2 = be together 粵

惹埋 je5 maai4 = to infect ; to contaminate 粵

食埋 sik6 maai4 = finish the food 粵

帶埋 daai3 maai4 = bring along 粵

收埋 sau1 maai4 = [1] to keep; [2] to hide away 粵

加加埋埋 gaa1 gaa1 maai4 maai4 = in total; altogether 粵

加埋 gaa1 maai4 = to add together 粵

揦埋 laa2 maai4 = normally; apt to; collect 粵

埋頭 maai4 tau4 mai2 tou2 = bury oneself in (work)

埋怨 maai4 jyun3 man2 yuan4 = bear grudge

扻頭埋牆 ham2 tau4*2 maai4 coeng4 = a bad idea to be suggested as an alternative to let out frustrations (lit., "hit one's head against the wall") 粵

黐埋 ci1 maai4 = to stick to 粵

擠埋 zai1 maai4 = to put away, to put something back where it belongs 粵

行開行埋 haang4 hoi1 haang4 maai4 = to walk to and fro 粵

返埋去 faan1 maai4 heoi3 = to go back there towards the object 粵

寫埋 se2 maai4 = to finish writing (the last one) 粵

埋去 maai4 heoi3 = to get near to 粵

推埋去 teoi1 maai4 heoi3 = to push (a thing or person) 粵

蹻埋雙腳 kiu5 maai4 soeng1 goek3 = to sit with both legs crossed 粵

埋街 maai4 gaai1 mai2 jie1 = to make landfall; (of women) to marry up 粵

埋街食井水 maai4 gaai1 sik6 zeng2 seoi2 = (of women) to marry up 粵

埋葬 maai4 zong3 mai2 zang4 = to bury

埋沒 maai4 mut6 mai2 mo4 = oblivion

包埋一齊 baau1 maai4 jat1 cai4 = to pack together 粵

企埋一齊 kei5 maai4 jat1 cai4 = standing together 粵

埋仙 maai4 sin1 = mycin

瞇埋眼 mei1 maai4 ngaan5 = close your eyes 粵

埋藏 maai4 cong4 mai2 cang2 = bury; embed

約埋 joek3 maai4 = invite someone to join in 粵

幫埋單 bong1 maai4 daan1 = to kill sb; to have sb killed 粵

炒埋一碟 caau2 maai4 jat1 dip6 = a smash up, a beat up; to be involved in a serious car crash 粵

閂埋門 saan1 maai4 mun4 = to close the door 粵

住埋 zyu6 maai4 = be together; cohabitate (living together but not married) 粵

預埋 jyu6 maai4 = count (pronoun) in 粵

行埋 haang4 maai4 = to have sex 粵

溝埋 kau1 maai4 = to mix something together 粵

連埋 lin4 maai4 = to include; including 粵

拉埋天窗 laai1 maai4 tin1 coeng1 la1 mai2 tian1 chuang1 = tie the knot; get married 粵

儲儲埋埋 cou5 cou5 maai4 maai4 = to accumulate 粵

開口埋口都話 hoi1 hau2 maai4 hau2 dou1 waa6 = whenever one speaks, one (always) says that... 粵

錫埋 sek3 maai4 = kiss 粵

駁埋 bok3 maai4 = to connect together 粵

湊埋條數 cau3 maai4 tiu4 sou3 = balance the account 粵

喺返埋一齊 hai2 faan1 maai4 jat1 cai4 = get back together (couples) 粵

鼓埋泡腮 gu2 maai4 paau1 soi1 = pent up in frustration 粵

爛船拆埋都有三斤釘 laan6 syun4 caak3 maai4 dou1 jau5 saam1 gan1 deng1 = a rich and influential man at his lowest is still better off than the poor 粵

埋岸 maai4 ngon6 = in port, attached to the dock 粵

惜埋 sek3 maai4 = kiss 粵

瞌埋眼 hap1 maai4 ngaan5 = to close the eyes 粵

群埋 kwan4 maai4 = to gather; to assemble 粵

挨埋 aai1 maai4 = get close to, be near to 粵

腦囟未生埋 nou5 seon2 mei6 saang1 maai4 = childish, naive, immature (lit., "the fontanel has not yet grown over") 粵

埋堆 maai4 deoi1 = to gather in one place; to congregate into a clique 粵

開口埋口 hoi1 hau2 maai4 hau2 = whenever one speaks...; always talks about 粵

活埋 wut6 maai4 huo2 mai2 = to be buried alive

傾得埋 king1 dak1 maai4 = have common language; on good terms with 粵

疊埋心水 dip6 maai4 sam1 seoi2 = wholeheartedly, with resolve 粵

埋手 maai4 sau2 = start, put one's hand to, set about 粵

計埋 gai3 maai4 = grand total 粵

埋位 maai4 wai6*2 = to take seats, get ready 粵

屏埋 beng3 maai4 = to hide 粵

隱姓埋名 jan2 sing3 maai4 ming4 yin3 xing4 mai2 ming2 = incognito (by assuming a different identity)

收收埋埋 sau1 sau1 maai4 maai4 shou1 shou1 mai2 mai2 = be introvert; reserved; to keep to oneself 粵

十指孖埋 sap6 zi2 maa1 maai4 shi2 zhi3 ma1 mai2 = to be incompetent or uncapable of doing things 粵

埋尾 maai4 mei5 = wrap up 粵

三頭唔埋兩日 saam1 tau4 m4 maai4 loeng5 jat6 san1 tou2 wu2 mai2 liang3 ri4 = all the time; constantly 粵

大纜都扯唔埋 daai6 laam6 dou1 ce2 m4 maai4 da4 lan3 dou1 che3 wu2 mai2 = 1. there's absolutely no connection (relationship) between them 2. not even a big rope could pull them together 粵

大纜絞唔埋 daai6 laam6 gaau2 m4 maai4 da4 lan3 jiao3 wu2 mai2 = 1. there's absolutely no connection (relationship) between them 2. not even a big rope could pull them together 粵

埋班 maai4 baan1 = form a team 粵

燒到埋身 siu1 dou3 maai4 san1 shao1 dao4 mai2 shen1 = a desperate situation 粵

坐埋一條船 co5 maai4 jat1 tiu4 syun4 zuo4 mai2 yi1 tiao2 chuan2 = be one the same boat together; be in the same situation as another person 粵

垃圾填埋場 laap6 saap3 tin4 maai4 coeng4 la1 ji1 tian2 mai2 chang3 = landfill

睇到眼都突埋 tai2 dou3 ngaan5 dou1 dat6 maai4 di4 dao4 yan3 dou1 tu1 mai2 = be appalled at the sight of sth. 粵

暗中埋伏 am3 zung1 maai4 fuk6 an4 zhong1 mai2 fu2 = lie in wait to ambush

掩埋場 jim2 maai4 coeng4 yan3 mai2 chang3 = landfill 國

掩埋 jim2 maai4 yan3 mai2 = to shut but not completely; to bury

山大斬埋有柴 saan1 daai6 zaam2 maai4 yau5 caai4 = many a pickle makes a mickle 粵

柄埋 beng3 maai4 = variant of 屏埋粵

十面埋伏 sap6 min6 maai4 fuk6 shi2 mian4 mai2 fu2 = to lay for (enemy) on all sides (common formation)

去埋我嗰份 heoi3 maai4 ngo5 go2 fan6 = I don't want to go 粵

摺埋 zip3 maai4 zhe2 mai2 = fold up; kill; leave 粵

碗碟碰埋都有聲 wun2 dip6 pung3 maai4 dou1 jau5 seng1 = a warning that when people come together they are bound to quarrel 粵

𠸎埋 naa1 maai4 = and

埋數 maai4 sou3 = settle a bill; cash up

舂個頭埋去 zung1 go3 tau4 maai4 heoi3 chong1 ge4 tou2 mai2 qu4 = rush headlong into 粵

摻埋玩 cam1 maai4 waan2 = let sb join the fun 粵

Showing all 25 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]

我同埋你一齊去粵
I'll join you and go together.

水同油係溝唔埋嘅。粵
Water and oil cannnot be mixed together.

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.]

我跟埋你去粵
I'll come along with you.
[[literal] I with along you go Please note that (1) the verb particle 埋 (along) follows the prep 跟 instead of the verb 去, and that (2) 埋 is optional and can be omitted (我跟你去 I'll go with you). ]

好食到七名都食埋粵
So tasty that it is finger licking good.

擸埋啲碎銀塞入櫃桶粵
Grab the coins and shove them into the drawer.

三步擸埋兩步走粵
He walks in long strides.

畀埋呢啲過佢粵
Give these to him as well!

啲嘢你屏埋喺邊度? 粵
Where did you hide away those things?

蘋果𠸎埋橙都好平粵
The apples and also the oranges are very inexpensive.

佢近來怪怪哋，一時就笑口吟吟，一時就鼓埋泡腮粵
She has been acting a little strange lately, one moment she is smiling sweetly, next moment she is grumpy

佢地兩個可以拉埋天窗全靠我揸大葵扇咋粵
The two of them got married all because I matchmade them together.

佢成日喺度寫埋晒啲無聊嘢﹐我都費事睇。粵
He writes so much nonsense that I don't even bother reading it.

個衰仔識埋成班豬朋狗友！粵
My naughty kid has made friends with so many bad people.

李連杰都算幾錫身,導演都幫佢搵埋替身啦粵
Jet Li takes pretty good care of himself, his movie director even found a stand-in for him.
[(So that he doesn't have to do the stunts himself.)]

等埋人齊先開飯粵
Wait till everyone has arrived and then start the meal

你最好快手快腳做埋你啲功課。粵
You better to finish your homework quickly.

你嗱嗱聲做埋啲嘢，然後去食飯啦！粵
You should hurry up and finish your work, so that you can have your meal!

陳仔近排當黑﹐冇咗份工兼且輸埋官司。粵
Chan was lately down on his luck, losing both his job and the court case.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,128378]

結賬嗰陣時，計埋啲租金保險燈油火臘，七除八扣，唔賺得幾多咋粵
When working out the accounts, considering the rental, insurance, utility bills, and other deductibles, there won't be much profit to be made.

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