始末

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐmò

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² mut⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-boa̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐmò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhmò
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-mo⁴
    • Yale: shř-mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyymoh
    • Palladius: шимо (šimo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci² mut⁶
    • Yale: chí muht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² mut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi² mud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ muːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-boa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: sí-bua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy'boat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ buat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ buat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ buat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ buat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ buat̚⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 始末

1. beginning and end

Synonyms

• 原委 (yuánwěi)

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 始末

1. (literary) from the beginning to the end

(deprecated template usage)

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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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese-derived components, as 始 (shi, “beginning”) + 末 (matsu, “ending”).

Noun

始(し)末(まつ) • (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): 処理(しょり) (shori), 処置(しょち) (shochi)

Verb

始(し)末(まつ)する • (shimatsu suru) transitive suru (stem 始(し)末(まつ)し (shimatsu shi), past 始(し)末(まつ)した (shimatsu shita))

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.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	始末し	しまつし	shimatsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	始末し	しまつし	shimatsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	始末する	しまつする	shimatsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	始末する	しまつする	shimatsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	始末すれ	しまつすれ	shimatsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	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): 処理(しょり) (shori), 処置(しょち) (shochi)