滅種

Chinese

		extinguish	to plant; to cultivate; kind to plant; to cultivate; kind; type; race; breed; seed; species (taxonomy)
trad. (滅種)		滅	種
simp. (灭种)		灭	种

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mièzhǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄓㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mit⁶ zung²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mièzhǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄓㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mièjhǒng
    • Wade–Giles: mieh⁴-chung³
    • Yale: myè-jǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehjoong
    • Palladius: мечжун (mečžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mit⁶ zung²
    • Yale: miht júng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁹ dzung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mid⁶ zung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚² t͡sʊŋ³⁵/

Verb

滅種

1. to exterminate a race; to commit genocide
2. to become extinct; to die out (of a species)

Synonyms

• (to become extinct): 絕種／绝种 (juézhǒng); (Hokkien) 斷種／断种

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
滅	種

Noun

滅種

1. chữ Hán form of diệt chủng (“genocide”).