埋怨 pinyin man2yuan4

Hi ChinesePod team, my question is this:
Why 埋怨 is pronounce as man2yuan4 but not mai2yuan4?
I a bit confuse on it…

Thanks
Edde

Hi Eddie,

In Chinese certain characters have different pronunciations. In this case, when 埋 means “to blame”, it’s pronounced as [mán] instead of [mái].

Betty