始末

始末

Chinese

		begin	end; final stage; latter part
simp. and trad. (始末)		始	末

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐmò

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² mut⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): sí-boa̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǐmò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄇㄛˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyymoh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci² mut⁶
    • Yale: chí muht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² mut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi² mud⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ muːt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-boa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: sí-bua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy'boat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ buat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ buat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ buat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ buat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ buat̚⁴/

Noun

始末

1. beginning and end

Adverb

始末

1. (literary) from the beginning to the end

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
始	末
し Grade: 3	まつ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

May be a Japanese coinage from Middle Chinese-derived components, as 始 (shi, “beginning”) + 末 (matsu, “ending”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) し​まつ [shíꜜmàtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕima̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

始末 (hiragana しまつ, rōmaji shimatsu)

1. the beginning and end of something
2. the circumstances or details of something
3. a result or outcome (usually a bad one)
4. solution, settlement, disposal

Synonyms

• (outcome, result): 次第 (しだい) (shidai) (not necessarily negative)
• (settlement): 処 (しょ)理 (り) (shori), 処 (しょ)置 (ち) (shochi)

Verb

始末する (transitive, hiragana しまつする, rōmaji shimatsu suru)

1. to conclude, to bring to a conclusion, to end
2. to economize on something
3. to solve, to settle, to dispose of or deal with

Conjugation

Conjugation of "始末する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	始末し	しまつし	shimatsu shi
Continuative (連用形)	始末し	しまつし	shimatsu shi
Terminal (終止形)	始末する	しまつする	shimatsu suru
Attributive (連体形)	始末する	しまつする	shimatsu suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	始末すれ	しまつすれ	shimatsu sure
Imperative (命令形)	始末せよ¹ 始末しろ²	しまつせよ¹ しまつしろ²	shimatsu seyo¹ shimatsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	始末される	しまつされる	shimatsu sareru
Causative	始末させる 始末さす	しまつさせる しまつさす	shimatsu saseru shimatsu sasu
Potential	始末できる	しまつできる	shimatsu dekiru
Volitional	始末しよう	しまつしよう	shimatsu shiyō
Negative	始末しない	しまつしない	shimatsu shinai
Negative continuative	始末せず	しまつせず	shimatsu sezu
Formal	始末します	しまつします	shimatsu shimasu
Perfective	始末した	しまつした	shimatsu shita
Conjunctive	始末して	しまつして	shimatsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	始末すれば	しまつすれば	shimatsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• (settle): 処 (しょ)理 (り) (shori), 処 (しょ)置 (ち) (shochi)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN