撲滅

See also: 扑灭

Chinese

		rush on	extinguish
trad. (撲滅)		撲	滅
simp. (扑灭)		扑	灭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pūmiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨ ㄇㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pok³ mit⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phû-me̍t
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phok-bia̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pog⁴ mig⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pūmiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨ ㄇㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pumiè
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu¹-mieh⁴
    • Yale: pū-myè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pumieh
    • Palladius: пуме (pume)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵⁵ mi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pok³ mit⁶
    • Yale: pok miht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pok⁸ mit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pog³ mid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːk̚³ miːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phû-me̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: pu^ˊ med
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pu¹ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ met̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phok-bia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: phok-bia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phokbiat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ biɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ biɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ biɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ biɛt̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pog⁴ mig⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phok mi̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰok̚²⁻⁴ mik̚⁴/

Verb

撲滅

1. (transitive) to annihilate; to eradicate; to exterminate; to extinguish; to stamp out; to wipe out; to destroy; to ruin

   撲滅火災／扑灭火灾  ―  pūmiè huǒzāi  ―  to extinguish a fire

Synonyms

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• 亡
• 剪除 (jiǎnchú)
• 埋葬 (máizàng) (literary, figuratively)
• 打掉 (dǎdiào)
• 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)
• 滅殺／灭杀 (mièshā)
• 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)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
撲	滅
ぼく Grade: S	めつ Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 撲滅／扑灭 (phuwk mjiet, literally “beat, strike + destroy”). Compare modern Cantonese reading pok³ mit⁶.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼくめつ [bòkúmétsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞kɯ̟me̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

撲(ぼく)滅(めつ) • (bokumetsu) 

1. the beating out of a flame, extinguishing by beating
2. eradication or extermination by beating
3. (figuratively) the stamping out or wiping out of something

Synonyms

• 殲滅(せんめつ) (senmetsu): annihilation, to annihilate (emphasis on nothing being left)
• 根絶(こんぜつ) (konzetsu): extermination, eradication (emphasis on removing something by the root)

Verb

撲(ぼく)滅(めつ)する • (bokumetsu suru) transitive suru (stem 撲(ぼく)滅(めつ)し (bokumetsu shi), past 撲(ぼく)滅(めつ)した (bokumetsu shita))

1. to beat out a flame, to extinguish by beating
2. to eradicate or exterminate something by beating
3. (figuratively) to stamp out something, to wipe out something

Conjugation

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

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	撲滅し	ぼくめつし	bokumetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	撲滅し	ぼくめつし	bokumetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	撲滅する	ぼくめつする	bokumetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	撲滅する	ぼくめつする	bokumetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	撲滅すれ	ぼくめつすれ	bokumetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	撲滅せよ¹ 撲滅しろ²	ぼくめつせよ¹ ぼくめつしろ²	bokumetsu seyo¹ bokumetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	撲滅される	ぼくめつされる	bokumetsu sareru
Causative	撲滅させる 撲滅さす	ぼくめつさせる ぼくめつさす	bokumetsu saseru bokumetsu sasu
Potential	撲滅できる	ぼくめつできる	bokumetsu dekiru
Volitional	撲滅しよう	ぼくめつしよう	bokumetsu shiyō
Negative	撲滅しない	ぼくめつしない	bokumetsu shinai
Negative continuative	撲滅せず	ぼくめつせず	bokumetsu sezu
Formal	撲滅します	ぼくめつします	bokumetsu shimasu
Perfective	撲滅した	ぼくめつした	bokumetsu shita
Conjunctive	撲滅して	ぼくめつして	bokumetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	撲滅すれば	ぼくめつすれば	bokumetsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
撲	滅

Noun

撲滅 • (bangmyeol) (hangeul 박멸)

1. hanja form^? of 박멸 (“eradication”)