mái

to bury

earth (土) + phonetic (里) = to bury

土 grounds the meaning in literal earth and soil. 里 contributes the sound mái (its own reading is lǐ) and carries no semantic weight here.

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他把种子在土里。

tā bǎ zhǒng zi mái zài tǔ lǐ。

He buried the seeds in the soil.

工人们把管道在地下很深的地方。

gōng rén men bǎ guǎn dào mái zài dì xià hěn shēn de dì fāng。

The workers buried the pipes deep underground.

Words with 埋

隐名埋姓

yǐn míng mái xìng

to conceal one's identity

隐姓埋名

yǐn xìng mái míng

to conceal one's identity

隐迹埋名

yǐn jì mái míng

to live incognito

包埋

bāo mái

to embed

十面埋伏

shí miàn mái fú

Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece)

埋伏

mái fú

to ambush

埋名

mái míng

to conceal one's identity

埋单

mái dān

to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese)

埋天怨地

mán tiān yuàn dì

lit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth

埋孔

mái kǒng

(electronics) buried via

埋怨

mán yuàn

to complain

埋汰

mái tai

(dialect) dirty

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