殲滅

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
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiam-bia̍t / chiam-bia̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiānmiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianmieh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cim¹ mit⁶
    • Yale: chīm miht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim¹ mit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim¹ mid⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵ miːt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiam-bia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tshiam-bia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiambiat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiam³³ biɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² biɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² biɛt̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-bia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-bia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciambiat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiam³³ biɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻²² biɛt̚⁴/

Verb

殲滅

1. to annihilate; to eradicate

Synonyms

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剪除 (jiǎnchú) 埋葬 (máizàng) (literary, figuratively)

根除 (gēnchú) 消滅／消灭 (xiāomiè)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
殲	滅
せん Hyōgaiji	めつ Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• せん滅

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 殲滅 (tziɛm mjiet, literally “annihilate + destroy”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) せんめつ [sèńmétsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sẽ̞mːe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

殲滅 (hiragana せんめつ, rōmaji senmetsu)

1. annihilation, eradication, extermination

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• 生 (せい)成 (せい) (seisei): creation, formation
• 創 (そう)造 (ぞう) (sōzō): creation of something new

Verb

殲滅する (transitive, hiragana せんめつする, rōmaji senmetsu suru)

1. to annihilate; to eradicate, to exterminate

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	殲滅し	せんめつし	senmetsu shi
Continuative (連用形)	殲滅し	せんめつし	senmetsu shi
Terminal (終止形)	殲滅する	せんめつする	senmetsu suru
Attributive (連体形)	殲滅する	せんめつする	senmetsu suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	殲滅すれ	せんめつすれ	senmetsu sure
Imperative (命令形)	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

References

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

• 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan