| 埋 | mái | to bury |
| 埋 | mán | to blame |
| 埋葬 | mái zàng | to bury |
| 埋头 | mái tóu | to immerse oneself in; engrossed in sth; to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain); countersunk (of screws, rivets etc) |
| 埋藏 | mái cáng | to bury; to hide by burying; hidden |
| 埋伏 | mái fú | to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush |
| 埋怨 | mán yuàn | to complain |
| 埋没 | mái mò | to engulf; to bury; to overlook; to stifle; to neglect; to fall into oblivion |
| 埋头苦干 | mái tóu kǔ gàn | to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work; to make an all-out effort; up to the neck in work |
| 埋名 | mái míng | to conceal one's identity; to live incognito |
| 埋单 | mái dān | to pay the bill in a restaurant |
| 埋天怨地 | mán tiān yuàn dì | lit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth; fig. to rave and rant |
| 埋线 | mái xiàn | sunken cord (used in bookbinding) |