消滅

See also: 消灭

Chinese

		consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	extinguish
trad. (消滅)		消	滅
simp. (消灭)		消	灭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāomiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄇㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ mit⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu-me̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siau-bia̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāomiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄇㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaomiè
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-mieh⁴
    • Yale: syāu-myè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaumieh
    • Palladius: сяоме (sjaome)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ mi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ mit⁶
    • Yale: sīu miht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ mit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ mid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ miːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu-me̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu^ˊ med
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ met̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-bia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: siau-bia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siau'biat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² biɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³ biɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² biɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ biɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ biɛt̚⁴/

Verb

消滅

1. (transitive) to wipe out; to eliminate; to exterminate; to annihilate; to cause (something) to perish
2. (intransitive) to die out; to become extinct; to perish

Synonyms

• (to wipe out):

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• 亡
• 剪除 (jiǎnchú)
• 埋葬 (máizàng) (literary, figuratively)
• 打掉 (dǎdiào)
• 撲滅 / 扑灭 (pūmiè)
• 收拾 (colloquial)
• 根除 (gēnchú)
• 殲滅 / 歼灭 (jiānmiè)
• 殺滅 / 杀灭 (shāmiè)
• 毀滅 / 毁灭 (huǐmiè)
• 泯絕 / 泯绝 (mǐnjué) (literary)
• 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)

 

• (to die out):

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• 不見 / 不见 (bùjiàn)
• 奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 收斂 / 收敛 (shōuliǎn) (of a light ray, smile, etc.)
• 泯絕 / 泯绝 (mǐnjué) (literary)
• 消亡 (xiāowáng)
• 消失 (xiāoshī)
• 消散 (xiāosàn)
• 消融 (xiāoróng)
• 消逝 (xiāoshì)
• 蒸發 / 蒸发 (zhēngfā) (figurative)
• 絕滅 / 绝灭 (juémiè)
• 遠去 / 远去 (yuǎnqù)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to die out”): 顯現／显现 (xiǎnxiàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
消	滅
しょう Grade: 3	めつ Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょーめつ [shòómétsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːme̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

消(しょう)滅(めつ) • (shōmetsu) ^{←せうめつ (seumetu)?}

1. lapse of a right
2. death, extinction
3. vanishing

Synonyms

• 滅亡(めつぼう) (metsubō)

Verb

消(しょう)滅(めつ)する • (shōmetsu suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 消(しょう)滅(めつ)し (shōmetsu shi), past 消(しょう)滅(めつ)した (shōmetsu shita))

1. (of a right) to lapse
2. die, go extinct
3. vanish

Conjugation

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

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	消滅し	しょうめつし	shōmetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	消滅し	しょうめつし	shōmetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	消滅する	しょうめつする	shōmetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	消滅する	しょうめつする	shōmetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	消滅すれ	しょうめつすれ	shōmetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	消滅せよ¹ 消滅しろ²	しょうめつせよ¹ しょうめつしろ²	shōmetsu seyo¹ shōmetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	消滅される	しょうめつされる	shōmetsu sareru
Causative	消滅させる 消滅さす	しょうめつさせる しょうめつさす	shōmetsu saseru shōmetsu sasu
Potential	消滅できる	しょうめつできる	shōmetsu dekiru
Volitional	消滅しよう	しょうめつしよう	shōmetsu shiyō
Negative	消滅しない	しょうめつしない	shōmetsu shinai
Negative continuative	消滅せず	しょうめつせず	shōmetsu sezu
Formal	消滅します	しょうめつします	shōmetsu shimasu
Perfective	消滅した	しょうめつした	shōmetsu shita
Conjunctive	消滅して	しょうめつして	shōmetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	消滅すれば	しょうめつすれば	shōmetsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
消	滅

Noun

消滅 • (somyeol) (hangeul 소멸)

1. hanja form^? of 소멸 (“elimination; annihilation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
消	滅

Verb

消滅

1. chữ Hán form of tiêu diệt (“to eliminate; to annihilate”).