殲滅

See also: 歼灭

Chinese

		annihilate	extinguish
trad. (殲滅)		殲	滅
simp. (歼灭)		歼	灭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānmiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim¹ mit⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiam-bia̍t / chiam-bia̍t

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• 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/
• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiam-bia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tshiam-bia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiambiat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² biɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² biɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiam³³ biɛt̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-bia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-bia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciambiat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² biɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam³³ biɛt̚²⁴/

Verb

殲滅

1. 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)
• 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)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
殲	滅
せん Hyōgaiji	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.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せんめつ [sèńmétsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞mːe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

殲(せん)滅(めつ) • (senmetsu) 

1. [from 1825] annihilation, eradication, extermination

Usage notes

Often spelled せん滅 due to the rarity and complexity of the first character 殲.

Synonyms

• 根絶(こんぜつ) (konzetsu)
• 皆殺(みなごろ)し (minagoroshi)

Antonyms

• 生成(せいせい) (seisei): creation, formation
• 創造(そうぞう) (sōzō): creation of something new

Verb

殲(せん)滅(めつ)する • (senmetsu suru) transitive suru (stem 殲(せん)滅(めつ)し (senmetsu shi), past 殲(せん)滅(めつ)した (senmetsu shita))

1. to annihilate; to eradicate, to exterminate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "殲滅する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
殲	滅

Noun

殲滅 • (seommyeol) (hangeul 섬멸)

1. Hanja form^? of 섬멸 (“annihilation, eradication, extermination”).