滅族

See also: 灭族

Chinese

		extinguish	race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
trad. (滅族)		滅	族
simp. (灭族)		灭	族
anagram		族滅／族灭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mièzú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mit⁶ zuk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bia̍t-cho̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mièzú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mièzú
    • Wade–Giles: mieh⁴-tsu²
    • Yale: myè-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehtzwu
    • Palladius: мецзу (meczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mit⁶ zuk⁶
    • Yale: miht juhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁹ dzuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mid⁶ zug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚² t͡sʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bia̍t-cho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bia̍t-tso̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biadzok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɛt̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛt̚²⁴⁻² t͡sɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɛt̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛt̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔk̚⁴/

Verb

滅族

1. (archaic) to exterminate an entire family (as a form of punishment in imperial China, and within the Sinosphere)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (滅族):

• → Korean: 멸족(滅族) (myeoljok)
• → Vietnamese: diệt tộc (滅族)