Meaning of 埋伏
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
máifú
- to ambush
- to lie in wait for
- to lie low
- ambush
埋伏 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我们刚刚收到情报，敌方正在前方两英里处埋伏。
We've just received intelligence that the enemy is waiting in ambush two miles down the road.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
埋 mái · to bury · 10 strokes
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伏 fú · to crouch · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 埋伏.
| 埋怨 | mányuàn | to complain; to grumble (about) |
| 埋藏 | máicáng | to bury; to hide by burying |
| 起伏 | qǐfú | to move up and down; to undulate |
| 埋没 | máimò | to engulf; to bury |
| 此起彼伏 | cǐqǐ-bǐfú | up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession; no sooner one subsides, the n |
| 埋葬 | máizàng | to bury |
| 伏特加 | fútèjiā | (loanword) vodka |
| 潜伏 | qiánfú | to hide; to cover up |
| 伏击 | fújī | ambush; to ambush |
| 活埋 | huómái | to bury alive |
| 掩埋 | yǎnmái | to bury |
| 伏特 | fútè | (loanword) volt |
Questions about 埋伏
What does 埋伏 mean?
埋伏 (máifú) means "to ambush; to lie in wait for" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 埋伏?
埋伏 is made of 2 characters: 埋 (10 strokes), 伏 (6 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 埋伏 an HSK word?
Yes. 埋伏 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.