# 埋伏 (máifú): to ambush | HSK 7-9 Vocabulary | HSKReady

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Language: en
Content ID: hsk-7-9-8132
HSK levels: 7-9
Updated: 2026-10-23T04:51:53.311Z
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Learn 埋伏 (máifú), HSK 7-9: to ambush; to lie in wait (and attack from hiding). Hear standard pronunciation and read a Chinese example with its English meaning.

# 埋伏

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máifú

to ambush; to lie in wait (and attack from hiding)

HSK 7-9

## Pronunciation

máifú

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## Example sentence

游击队在山口埋伏了整整两天，终于等到敌人经过。

Yóujīduì zài shānkǒu máifú le zhěngzhěng liǎng tiān, zhōngyú děngdào dírén jīngguò.

The guerrillas lay in ambush at the mountain pass for two whole days, and finally waited until the enemy passed by.

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