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[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]
Default PoS: Additional PoS: 2. 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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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 95 compounds (CantoDict reports 98 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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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). ]
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
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.)]
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. 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. |