埋伏 (máifu): to ambush

Meanings

1 to ambush
2 to lie in wait
3 an ambush

Characters

埋

to lie face down; to hide

Examples

HSK 4

警察在附近埋伏了好几个小时。

Jǐngchá zài fùjìn máifu le hǎojǐ gè xiǎoshí.

The police lay in wait nearby for several hours.

HSK 7-9

敌人在山谷里设了埋伏。

Dírén zài shāngǔ lǐ shè le máifu.

The enemy set an ambush in the valley.

Tips

usage

埋伏 can be a verb (to ambush/lie in wait) or a noun (an ambush). Common pattern: 设埋伏 (set an ambush), 中埋伏 (fall into an ambush).

In Pop Culture

十面埋伏 Shí miàn Máifú

House of Flying Daggers

2004 martial arts film by Zhang Yimou

Stroke Order

埋 mái

伏 fú

Related Words

埋藏 máicáng HSK 7-9 #10,370

to bury / to hide underground / to lie hidden

伏击 fújī #9,743

to ambush / to lie in wait and attack

伏 fú #5,661

to lie prostrate / to crouch / to hide in ambush / volt (unit)

埋怨 mányuàn HSK 7-9 #10,374

to complain / to blame / to grumble

起伏 qǐfú HSK 7-9 #10,304

to rise and fall / to undulate / ups and downs

埋 mái HSK 6 #2,044

to bury; to cover with earth / to hide; to conceal

埋葬 máizàng #6,314

to bury / to inter

潜伏 qiánfú #11,925

to hide / to lie in wait / to lurk / to conceal

伏特 fútè #4,775

volt (unit of electric potential)

埋没 máimò HSK 7-9 #20,987

to bury; to neglect; to stifle / to let talent go unrecognized