HSK 6 · Verbs

埋葬 máizàng “to bury (the dead)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 埋葬 means

  1. to bury (the dead)
  2. to bury

How to say 埋葬

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale埋mái2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale葬zàng4th tone, falling

埋葬 in a sentence

  1. 这是一处用来埋葬动物的地方。

    Zhè shì yí chù yònglái máizàng dòngwù de dìfang.

    This is a place where animals are buried.

    Sentence #10355472 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 埋葬 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 埋 (mán) with each of its parts in a different colour
埋máito bury
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 里village · lǐSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 里 (lǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with mái.

The character 葬 (zàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
葬zàngto bury
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎo
  • 死dead · sǐ
  • 廾two hands · gǒng

How to write 埋葬

埋 10 strokes · 葬 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

埋葬 (máizàng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 埋葬 (máizàng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 埋葬

Words with 埋

埋怨mányuàn · to complain埋没máimò · to bury埋伏máifu · to lie in ambush

More words: Common Verbs

落成luòchéng · to be completed (building)履行lǚxíng · to fulfil迈mài · to step埋没máimò · to bury蔓延mànyán · to spread冒充màochōng · to pass oneself off as眯mī · to narrow one’s eyes瞄准miáozhǔn · to aim at

FAQs

埋葬 (máizàng) means “to bury (the dead)” or “to bury”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it máizàng: mái with a 2nd tone, then zàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 埋葬 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type maizang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 埋葬 from the suggestions. Typing maizang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
埋葬 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.