絕滅
Chinese
cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means |
extinguish | ||
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trad. (絕滅) | 絕 | 滅 | |
simp. (绝灭) | 绝 | 灭 | |
anagram | 滅絕/灭绝 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄇㄧㄝˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jyuémiè
- Wade–Giles: chüeh2-mieh4
- Yale: jywé-myè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuemieh
- Palladius: цзюэме (czjueme)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ mi̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zyut6 mit6
- Yale: jyuht miht
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt9 mit9
- Guangdong Romanization: jud6 mid6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡syːt̚² miːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
絕滅
- (transitive) to wipe out; to eliminate; to annihilate
- (intransitive) to die out; to become extinct
Synonyms
- (to wipe out):
- (to die out):