暴殄天物

Chinese

		to destroy; to damage; to recklessly waste	nature's creatures
trad. (暴殄天物)		暴殄	天物
simp. #(暴殄天物)		暴殄	天物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàotiǎntiānwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ tin⁵ tin¹ mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàotiǎntiānwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàotiǎntianwù
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-tʻien³-tʻien¹-wu⁴
    • Yale: bàu-tyǎn-tyān-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawteantianwuh
    • Palladius: баотяньтяньу (baotjanʹtjanʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ tin⁵ tin¹ mat⁶
    • Yale: bouh tíhn tīn maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ tin⁵ tin¹ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ tin⁵ tin¹ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² tʰiːn¹³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ mɐt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: bawH denX then mjut

Rime
Character	暴	殄	天	物
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	定 (7)	透 (6)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	先 (85)	先 (85)	物 (60)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	IV	IV	III
Fanqie	薄報切	徒典切	他前切	文弗切
Baxter	bawH	denX	then	mjut
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɑuH/	/denX/	/tʰen/	/mɨut̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bɑuH/	/denX/	/tʰen/	/miut̚/
Shao Rongfen	/bɑuH/	/dɛnX/	/tʰɛn/	/miuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bawH/	/dɛnX/	/tʰɛn/	/mut̚/
Li Rong	/bɑuH/	/denX/	/tʰen/	/miuət̚/
Wang Li	/bɑuH/	/dienX/	/tʰien/	/mĭuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɑuH/	/dʱienX/	/tʰien/	/mi̯uət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bào	diàn	tiān	wù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou6	din6	tin1	mat6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤawk-s  [d]ˤə[n]ʔ  l̥ˤi[n]|l̥ˤi[n]  C.mut/

  (Zhengzhang): /*boːwɢs  l'ɯːnʔ  qʰl'iːn  mɯd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	暴	殄	天	天	物
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bào	tiǎn	tiān	xiān	wù
Middle Chinese	‹ bawH ›	‹ denX ›	‹ then ›	‹ xen ›	‹ mjut ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁawk-s/	/*[d]ˁə[n]ʔ/	/*l̥ˁi[n]/	/*l̥ˁi[n]/ (W dialect: l̥ˁ- > Hàn-time *xˁ- > MC x-)	/*C.mut/
English	violent	cease; destroy	heaven	heaven	thing
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	暴	殄	天	物
Reading #	1/2	1/1	1/1	1/1
No.	330	17087	12387	13218
Phonetic component	暴	疹	天	勿
Rime group	貌	文	眞	物
Rime subdivision	3	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	暴	殄	天	物
Old Chinese	/*boːwɢs/	/*l'ɯːnʔ/	/*qʰl'iːn/	/*mɯd/

Idiom

暴殄天物

1. (rare) to cruelly destroy nature's creatures

   • 今商王受無道，暴殄天物，害虐烝民。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今商王受无道，暴殄天物，害虐烝民。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 7^th – 4^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jīn Shāngwáng Shòu wúdào, bàotiǎntiānwù, hàinüè zhēngmín. [Pinyin]

     Shou, the present king of Shang, is without principle, cruel and destructive to the creatures of Heaven, injurious and tyrannical to the multitudes of the people.

2. to recklessly waste natural products (or things in general)