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HSK
6

to bury

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

mai2 mái

Meaning


Primary

to bury

Alternatives

bury, burying, buries, buried

Mnemonic


[m-] Mario is [2] inside the [-ai] high school, where he just failed his GED exam for the fiftieth time. In anger, he decides 埋 to bury his exam results. He places it on the ground in the middle of the hallway, and then jumps up and ground pounds it into the ground, sending 土 soil shooting into the sky. He does it again and again and again. He won't stop until he 埋 buries the results one 里 Chinese mile under the ground.

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