mái

to bury

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  • 埋藏máicángto buryB7
  • 埋伏máifúto ambushB7
  • 埋没máimòto engulfB7
  • 埋头苦干máitóu-kǔgànto bury oneself in work (idiom)B7
  • 埋葬máizàngto buryB7
  • 埋怨mányuànto complainB7

See it in sentences

他把种子埋在土里。

He buried the seed in the soil.

他埋着头看书。

He reads with his head down.