埋葬
máizàng
to bury; to put to rest
Characters in this word
葬 zàng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 暴雨过后，滑坡把山脚下的几间旧屋全部埋葬在泥石流里。 Bàoyǔ guòhòu, huápō bǎ shānjiǎo xià de jǐ jiān jiùwū quánbù máizàng zài níshíliú lǐ. After the rainstorm, a landslide buried several old houses at the foot of the mountain in a debris flow.
- 小女孩把死去的小鸟埋葬在花园里。 Xiǎo nǚhái bǎ sǐqù de xiǎoniǎo máizàng zài huāyuán lǐ. The little girl buried the dead bird in the garden.
- 他决定把过去的不愉快都埋葬，重新开始。 Tā juédìng bǎ guòqù de bù yúkuài dōu máizàng, chóngxīn kāishǐ. He decided to bury all the unpleasantness of the past and start afresh.
Related words
- 埋 mái to bury
- 埋藏 máicáng to bury; to hide underground
- 埋伏 máifú to lie in ambush
- 埋没 máimò to bury; to let talent go unnoticed
- 埋头苦干 máitóukǔgàn to work diligently with one’s head down
- 埋怨 mányuàn to complain; to blame
- 葬 zàng to bury; to inter
- 葬礼 zànglǐ funeral
- 扫墓 sǎomù to visit and clean a grave; to pay respects at a grave
- 墓碑 mùbēi gravestone; tombstone
- 祭 jì to offer sacrifice; to hold a memorial rite; to bring out
- 墓地 mùdì cemetery; graveyard