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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.
没mòdrowned
氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
殳weapon · shūSound part
氵 hints at the meaning (water); 殳 (shū) hints at the sound. Compare it with mò.
Memory aidWater 氵 gives the meaning: it first meant “to sink under water”. Now it is mostly “not have”.
How to write 埋没
埋 10 strokes · 没 7 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 埋没 (máimò). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
埋没 (máimò) means “to bury” or “to neglect (talent)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it máimò: mái with a 2nd tone, then mò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 埋没 is written 埋沒. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type maimo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 埋没 from the suggestions. Typing maimo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
埋没 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
埋mái2nd tone, rising
没mò4th tone, falling
