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 20806 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
See all 95 compounds (CantoDict reports 98 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 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.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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