# 埋汰
## Chinese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): máitai
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˊ ˙ㄊㄞ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: máitai
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˊ ˙ㄊㄞ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: máitåi
*** Wade–Giles: mai$^2$-tʻai$^5$
*** Yale: mái-tai
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mai.tai
*** Palladius: майтай (majtaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /maɪ̯³⁵ tʰaɪ̯³/

### Adjective

埋汰
* (dialectal Mandarin) dirty; grubby
** 2010, 梅子, 《小厨大爱》, Changchun: 吉林科学技术出版社, →ISBN, page 10:
       Shéi shuō bùshì ne, zhēnde shì tǐng máitai de, píngmù shang bānbāndiǎndiǎn yǐnyuē kějiàn, dàdū shì chī miàntiáo de shíhou jiànshang de, háiyǒu xiānhóng de xiǎodiǎnr, nà shì chī shíliú shí jiànshang de. [Pinyin]
       You can say that again. It really is quite dirty. We can still vaguely see the dots and stains on the screen; they're probably splashed on when eating noodles. There are also small bright red dots, which are splashed on when eating pomegranate.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 污, 穢, 污穢 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 骯髒, 污穢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 髒, 腌臢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 髒, 骯髒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 髒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 埋汰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 骯髒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 邋遢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 骯髒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 髒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 髒, 窩囊, 腌臢 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 髒, 邋乎, 埋汰 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 齷齪, 邋遢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 陳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 髒, 日髒, 骯髒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 髒, 骯髒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 骯髒, 髒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 骯髒, 腌臢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 髒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 髒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 髒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 挖抓, 髒, 齷齪, 邋遢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guang'an | 挖抓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 挖抓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 拉瓜, 賴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 髒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 邋遢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 邋遢, 污糟, 涴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 髒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 髒, 邋遢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 髒, 膿糟, 拾弄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 污糟, 邋遢, 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 污糟, 邋遢, 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 邋遢, 骯屎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 骯屎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 垠 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 污糟 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 污糟, 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 邋遢, 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 污糟, 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 污糟, 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 污糟 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 污糟 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 污糟 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 污糟 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 揦鮓, 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 邋遢, 揦鮓, 黧貰 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 邋遢, 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 邋遢 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 賴濕, 鹹濕 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 垠 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 失引, 污糟, 揦鮓 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 污糟, 揦鮓 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 腌臢 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 邋遢 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 雷堆, 雷賴, 齷齪 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 漚紐, 穢 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 累贅 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 囉嗦 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 囉嗦 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 囉嗦 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 烏數 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 烏奴 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 邋遢 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Changting | 齷齪 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 屙糟 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 屙糟 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 屙糟 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 齷齪 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 屙糟 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 屙糟 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 屙糟, 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 屙糟, 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 屙糟, 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 屙糟, 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 屙糟, 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 屙糟, 垃圾 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 漚紐, 累贅, 囉嗦 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 活柴, 污糟 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 邋遢, 污糟 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 遢邋 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 遢邋 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 邋遢 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 邋遢 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 邋遢 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 日髒, 髒, 腌臢 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 日髒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 髒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 污喏, 垃圾 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 污喏 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 污喏 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 垃圾 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 垃圾 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 垃渣, 濫𡞟, 懶露, 五鹵, 齷齪 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 流瘍, 流死瘍, 垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 穢涗, 塕埃 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 腌臢, 兇, 驚儂, 穢涗, 塕埃 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 腌臢, 垃圾, 淤漬, 驚儂, 垃圾鬼, 穢涗, 塕埃 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 垃圾, 垃儳, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 垃圾, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 驚儂 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 驚儂 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 垃圾, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 垃圾 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 垃圾 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂, 流𣻸 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 垃圾 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 垃圾, 腌臢, 癩𰣻 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 癩𰣻 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 癩𰣻 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 垃儳 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 流瘍, 垃儳, 垃圾, 厚穢 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 腌臢 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 垃圾 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 凄疑 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 垃圾, 邋遢 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 邋滯 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 尻髒 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 尻髒 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 污盧 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 齷齪 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 齷齪, 鏖糟 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 邋遢, 齷齪 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 齷齪, 邋遢, 污糟 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 污糟, 齷拉 |
| Wu | Danyang | 髒 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 埲, 邋遢 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 膩腥, 鏖糟, 淟汰, 邋遢 dated |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鏖糟, 髒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 遮捏, 鏖糟 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 邋遢, 邋糊 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 派老, 邋遢 |

### Verb

埋汰
* (dialectal Mandarin) to ridicule; to make fun of; to speak ill of
** 2014, 薛聖東, 《企業風雲——成功啟示錄》, Taipei: 釀出版, →ISBN, page 367:
       Kěshì, zhuǎnniàn yī xiǎng, wǒ juéde wèntí lái le, yī ge píngshí bàn qǐ shì lai dīshuǐbùlòu de lǎobǎn, lián sījī dōu zhème máitai tā, bù shuōmíng wèntí ma? [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)