埋

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

• 榸, 䨪

• 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

Originally written 薶 (mái), a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrɯː): semantic 艹 (“plant”) + phonetic 貍 (OC *p·rɯ).

Later changed to 埋, a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrɯː): semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 里 (OC *rɯʔ).^[1]

埋

1. to bury
2. to hide; to conceal

• (to bury):

• (to conceal):

埋

1. only used in 埋怨 (mányuàn)

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

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!

   埋嚟睇！埋嚟揀！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   埋嚟睇！埋嚟拣！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   maai⁴ lai⁴ tai²! maai⁴ lai⁴ gaan²! [Jyutping]

   Come and have a look! (a phrase used by market hawkers to attract customers)

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

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

   m⁴ hou² haang⁴ maai⁴ lai⁴. [Jyutping]

   Stay away. / Don't walk towards me.

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

   企埋少少 [Cantonese]  ―  kei⁵ maai⁴ siu² siu² [Jyutping]  ―  to stand closer

   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 (literally, “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 (literally, “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]

    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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

    saam¹ geoi³ m⁴ maai⁴ loeng⁵ geoi³ [Jyutping]

    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• 埋埋, ...埋...埋

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

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to bury

• Go-on: まい (mai, Jōyō)、め (me)
• Kan-on: ばい (bai)
• Kun: うずまる (uzumaru, 埋まる)^{←うづまる (udumaru, 埋まる, historical)}、うずめる (uzumeru, 埋める)^{←うづめる (udumeru, 埋める, historical)}、うずもれる (uzumoreru, 埋もれる)^{←うづもれる (udumoreru, 埋もれる, historical)}、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)

埋 (eumhun 묻을 매 (mudeul mae))

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

埋: Hán Việt readings: mai^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}, man^[3]
埋: Nôm readings: mài^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}, mai^{[1][2][5][6][7]}, may^{[1][2][5][6][7]}, mới^[1], vai^[1]

1. chữ Nôm form of mai (“early morning”)
2. chữ Nôm form of mài (“to grind”)
3. chữ Nôm form of may
   1. to sew
   2. lucky
   3. (now rarely in isolation) a cold breeze
4. chữ Nôm form of mới (“new”)
5. chữ Nôm form of vai (“shoulder”)