滅殺

Chinese

		extinguish	to kill; to murder; to slaughter
trad. (滅殺)		滅	殺
simp. (灭杀)		灭	杀
anagram		殺滅／杀灭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mièshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mit⁶ saat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mièshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mièsha
    • Wade–Giles: mieh⁴-sha¹
    • Yale: myè-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehsha
    • Palladius: меша (meša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mit⁶ saat³
    • Yale: miht saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁹ saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: mid⁶ sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚² saːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: mjiet sreat

Rime
Character	滅	殺
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	薛 (81)	鎋 (75)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	亡列切	所八切
Baxter	mjiet	sreat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇt̚/	/ʃˠɛt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛt̚/	/ʃᵚæt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mjæt̚/	/ʃæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miat̚/	/ʂəɨt̚/
Li Rong	/miɛt̚/	/ʃɛt̚/
Wang Li	/mĭɛt̚/	/ʃæt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛt̚/	/ʂat̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miè	sha
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mit6	saat3

Verb

滅殺

1. to kill (germs, toxins, pests, etc.); to eradicate; to exterminate

Synonyms

• 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)
• 消滅／消灭 (xiāomiè)
• 滅亡／灭亡 (mièwáng)
• 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)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (滅殺):

• → Japanese: 滅殺(めっさつ) (messatsu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滅	殺
めつ > めっ Grade: S	さつ Grade: 5
goon	kan’on

Alternative spelling
滅殺 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 滅殺 (MC mjiet sreat).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [me̞sːa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

滅(めっ)殺(さつ) • (messatsu) 

1. annihilation; eradication; obliteration

Verb

滅(めっ)殺(さつ)する • (messatsu suru) suru (stem 滅(めっ)殺(さつ)し (messatsu shi), past 滅(めっ)殺(さつ)した (messatsu shita))

1. to annihilate; to eradicate; to obliterate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "滅殺する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	滅殺し	めっさつし	messatsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	滅殺し	めっさつし	messatsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	滅殺する	めっさつする	messatsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	滅殺する	めっさつする	messatsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	滅殺すれ	めっさつすれ	messatsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	滅殺せよ¹ 滅殺しろ²	めっさつせよ¹ めっさつしろ²	messatsu seyo¹ messatsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	滅殺される	めっさつされる	messatsu sareru
Causative	滅殺させる 滅殺さす	めっさつさせる めっさつさす	messatsu saseru messatsu sasu
Potential	滅殺できる	めっさつできる	messatsu dekiru
Volitional	滅殺しよう	めっさつしよう	messatsu shiyō
Negative	滅殺しない	めっさつしない	messatsu shinai
Negative continuative	滅殺せず	めっさつせず	messatsu sezu
Formal	滅殺します	めっさつします	messatsu shimasu
Perfective	滅殺した	めっさつした	messatsu shita
Conjunctive	滅殺して	めっさつして	messatsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	滅殺すれば	めっさつすれば	messatsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative