滅絕

See also: 灭绝

Chinese

		extinguish	cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means
trad. (滅絕)		滅	絕
simp. (灭绝)		灭	绝
anagram		絕滅／绝灭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mièjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mit⁶ zyut⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): me̍t-chhie̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bia̍t-choa̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mièjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mièjyué
    • Wade–Giles: mieh⁴-chüeh²
    • Yale: myè-jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehjyue
    • Palladius: мецзюэ (meczjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mit⁶ zyut⁶
    • Yale: miht jyuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁹ dzyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mid⁶ jud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚² t͡syːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: me̍t-chhie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: med qied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: med⁶ qiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /met̚⁵ t͡sʰi̯et̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bia̍t-choa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: bia̍t-tsua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biadzoat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɛt̚⁴⁻³² t͡suat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛt̚²⁴⁻² t͡suat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡suat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɛt̚⁴⁻³² t͡suat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛt̚⁴⁻³² t͡suat̚⁴/

Verb

滅絕

1. to wipe out; to exterminate
2. to lose completely; to become extinct

   瀕臨滅絕／濒临灭绝  ―  bīnlín mièjué  ―  to be on the verge of extinction

Synonyms

• (to wipe out):

• 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)
• 滅殺／灭杀 (mièshā)
• 絕滅／绝灭 (juémiè)
• 翦除 (jiǎnchú) (literary)
• 解決／解决 (jiějué)
• 討滅／讨灭 (tǎomiè) (literary)

 

• (to lose completely):

• 喪失／丧失 (sàngshī)
• 失掉 (shīdiào)
• 損／损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 損失／损失 (sǔnshī)
• 淪亡／沦亡 (lúnwáng)
• 虧／亏 (kuī)

 

Derived terms

• 滅絕師太／灭绝师太 (mièjué shītài)
• 滅絕語言／灭绝语言 (mièjué yǔyán)
• 種族滅絕／种族灭绝 (zhǒngzú mièjué)