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埋葬 máizàng

埋葬 máizàng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 埋葬 máizàng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
máizàng | mai2 zang4
English translation
to bury

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Traditional form

埋葬 máizàng

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 埋葬 máizàng

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mái

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

土里

Number of Strokes

10
zàng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts a dead body being buried beneath the grass.

Positional decomposition

cǎo 死廾

Number of Strokes

12

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Example sentences using 埋葬 máizàng

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农夫 nóng fū yòng fān le 一些 yī xiē 埋葬 máizàng de 财宝 cái bǎo .

The ploughman turned up some buried treasure.

大地 dà dì de 奥妙 aò miào 在于 zàiyú 生长 shēngzhǎng 万物 wàn wù ,埋葬 máizàng 万物 wàn wù .

The paradox of earth is that it cradles life and then entombs life.

他们 tā men liǎ shuí 知道 zhīdào 这具尸体 shītǐ bèi 埋葬 máizàng 多久 duō jiǔ le

Neither of them had any idea how long the body had been entombed.

埋葬 máizàng Decomposition

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埋葬 máizàng Compounds

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