Mnemonic comic for

Translation

mái = m + ai2: to bury

Mnemonic

A mnemonic is a short, deliberately ridiculous scene, built to be hard to forget. Who appears in it and where it takes place are how the pronunciation is stored; the objects in it stand for the parts the character is written with. That is the Marilyn Method, and the comic below is the same scene, drawn.

As a sign of peace Mahatma Gandhi (m) buries (埋) a sunflower (里) under some earth (土) in the airplane’s kitchen (ai2).

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All translations for 埋

mái = m + ai2
to bury
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mán = m + an2
used in 埋怨[man2 yuan4]
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How to pronounce 埋

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= m initial

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ai2 final

In the airplane’s kitchen.

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= m initial

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

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+ an2 final

In the anthill’s kitchen.

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埋 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= tu + Ø3
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
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= tu + Ø3
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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= li + Ø3
variant of 裡|里[li3]
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= li + Ø3
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]
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= li + Ø3
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
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Characters with 埋 as component

埋 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 埋

to bury
to ambush / to lie in wait for / to lie low / ambush
to bury alive
Sentences with 埋

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mái / mán

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