滅頂

See also: 灭顶

Chinese

		extinguish	go against; most; peak go against; most; peak; top; to replace; to substitute; a measure word (use with "hat")
trad. (滅頂)		滅	頂
simp. (灭顶)		灭	顶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mièdǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mit⁶ ding²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mièdǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mièdǐng
    • Wade–Giles: mieh⁴-ting³
    • Yale: myè-dǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehdiing
    • Palladius: медин (medin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mit⁶ ding²
    • Yale: miht díng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁹ ding²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mid⁶ ding²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚² tɪŋ³⁵/

Verb

滅頂

1. (literally and figurative) to be drowned; to be swamped

Synonyms

• 沒頂／没顶 (mòdǐng)
• 溺斃／溺毙 (nìbì)
• 溺水 (nìshuǐ)
• 溺死 (nìsǐ)
• 淹死 (yānsǐ)

Derived terms

• 滅頂之災／灭顶之灾 (mièdǐngzhīzāi)
• 磨踵滅頂／磨踵灭顶