殲滅
See also: 歼灭
Chinese
| annihilate | extinguish | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (殲滅) | 殲 | 滅 | |
| simp. (歼灭) | 歼 | 灭 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jiānmiè
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄝˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jianmiè
- Wade–Giles: chien1-mieh4
- Yale: jyān-myè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianmieh
- Palladius: цзяньме (czjanʹme)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mi̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cim1 mit6
- Yale: chīm miht
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsim1 mit9
- Guangdong Romanization: qim1 mid6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵ miːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiam-bia̍t
- Tâi-lô: tshiam-bia̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: chiambiat
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² biɛt̚⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² biɛt̚¹²¹/
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiam³³ biɛt̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-bia̍t
- Tâi-lô: tsiam-bia̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciambiat
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² biɛt̚⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam³³ biɛt̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Verb
殲滅
- to annihilate; to eradicate
Synonyms
- 亡
- 剪除 (jiǎnchú)
- 埋葬 (máizàng) (literary, figuratively)
- 打掉 (dǎdiào)
- 撲滅 / 扑灭 (pūmiè)
- 收拾 (colloquial)
- 根除 (gēnchú)
- 殄滅 / 殄灭 (tiǎnmiè) (literary)
- 殺滅 / 杀灭 (shāmiè)
- 毀滅 / 毁灭 (huǐmiè)
- 泯絕 / 泯绝 (mǐnjué) (literary)
- 消滅 / 消灭 (xiāomiè)
- 滅亡 / 灭亡 (mièwáng)
- 滅殺 / 灭杀 (mièshā)
- 滅絕 / 灭绝 (mièjué)
- 絕滅 / 绝灭 (juémiè)
- 翦除 (jiǎnchú) (literary)
- 解決 / 解决 (jiějué)
- 討滅 / 讨灭 (tǎomiè) (literary)
- 遏絕 / 遏绝 (èjué) (literary)
- 除治 (chúzhì)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 殲 | 滅 |
| せん Hyōgai |
めつ Grade: S |
| goon | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| せん滅 |
Etymology
Ultimately from Middle Chinese compound 殲滅 (MC tsjem mjiet, literally “annihilate + destroy”), probably as a learned borrowing from Chinese 殲滅 / 歼灭 (jiānmiè).
First cited to a text from 1825.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
殲滅 • (senmetsu)
- [from 1825] annihilation, eradication, extermination
Usage notes
Often spelled せん滅 due to the rarity and complexity of the first character 殲.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Verb
殲滅する • (senmetsu suru) transitive suru (stem 殲滅し (senmetsu shi), past 殲滅した (senmetsu shita))
- to annihilate; to eradicate, to exterminate
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 殲滅し | せんめつし | senmetsu shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 殲滅し | せんめつし | senmetsu shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 殲滅する | せんめつする | senmetsu suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 殲滅する | せんめつする | senmetsu suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 殲滅すれ | せんめつすれ | senmetsu sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 殲滅せよ¹ 殲滅しろ² |
せんめつせよ¹ せんめつしろ² |
senmetsu seyo¹ senmetsu shiro² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 殲滅される | せんめつされる | senmetsu sareru |
| Causative | 殲滅させる 殲滅さす |
せんめつさせる せんめつさす |
senmetsu saseru senmetsu sasu |
| Potential | 殲滅できる | せんめつできる | senmetsu dekiru |
| Volitional | 殲滅しよう | せんめつしよう | senmetsu shiyō |
| Negative | 殲滅しない | せんめつしない | senmetsu shinai |
| Negative continuative | 殲滅せず | せんめつせず | senmetsu sezu |
| Formal | 殲滅します | せんめつします | senmetsu shimasu |
| Perfective | 殲滅した | せんめつした | senmetsu shita |
| Conjunctive | 殲滅して | せんめつして | senmetsu shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 殲滅すれば | せんめつすれば | senmetsu sureba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- “▲殲滅”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 殲 | 滅 |
Noun
殲滅 • (seommyeol) (hangeul 섬멸)
- hanja form? of 섬멸 (“annihilation, eradication, extermination”)