一掃

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	broom; to sweep
trad. (一掃)		一	掃
simp. (一扫)		一	扫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīsǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄙㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ sou³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīsǎo [Phonetic: yìsǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄙㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yisǎo
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-sao³
  - Yale: yī-sǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: isao
  - Palladius: исао (isao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ sou³
  - Yale: yāt sou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ sou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ sou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sou̯³³/

Verb

一掃

to completely sweep away; to completely clear away

Derived terms

一掃而光 / 一扫而光 (yīsǎo'érguāng)
一掃而空 / 一扫而空 (yīsǎo'érkōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	掃
いち > いっ Grade: 1	そう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いっそー [ìssóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [isːo̞ː]

Noun

一(いっ)掃(そう) • (issō) ^{←いつさう (itusau)^?}

clean sweep; eradication; elimination

Synonyms

芟除(さんじょ) (sanjo)

Verb

一(いっ)掃(そう)する • (issō suru) ^{←いつさう (itusau)^?}transitive suru (stem 一(いっ)掃(そう)し (issō shi), past 一(いっ)掃(そう)した (issō shita))

to wipe out; to completely clear away; to eradicate; to eliminate
不安(ふあん)を一掃(いっそう)する発想(はっそう)
fuan o issōsuru hassō
an idea which wipe out anxiety

Conjugation

Conjugation of "一掃する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	一掃し	いっそうし	issō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	一掃し	いっそうし	issō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	一掃する	いっそうする	issō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	一掃する	いっそうする	issō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	一掃すれ	いっそうすれ	issō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	一掃せよ¹ 一掃しろ²	いっそうせよ¹ いっそうしろ²	issō seyo¹ issō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	一掃される	いっそうされる	issō sareru
Causative	一掃させる一掃さす	いっそうさせるいっそうさす	issō saseru issō sasu
Potential	一掃できる	いっそうできる	issō dekiru
Volitional	一掃しよう	いっそうしよう	issō shiyō
Negative	一掃しない	いっそうしない	issō shinai
Negative continuative	一掃せず	いっそうせず	issō sezu
Formal	一掃します	いっそうします	issō shimasu
Perfective	一掃した	いっそうした	issō shita
Conjunctive	一掃して	いっそうして	issō shite
Hypothetical conditional	一掃すれば	いっそうすれば	issō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“一掃”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026