絕嗣

Chinese

		cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means	to connect, inherit; descendants, heirs
trad. (絕嗣)		絕	嗣
simp. (绝嗣)		绝	嗣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juésì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄙˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choa̍t-sû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juésì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuésìh
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: jywé-sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuesyh
    • Palladius: цзюэсы (czjuesy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ sz̩⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choa̍t-sû
    • Tâi-lô: tsua̍t-sû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoadsuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² su²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suat̚²⁴⁻² su²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ su¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² su²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² su²³/

Verb

絕嗣

1. (literary) to have no offspring; to be childless

Synonyms

• 絕緒／绝绪 (juéxù)