滅亡

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See also: 灭亡

Chinese

extinguish to die; to perish
trad. (滅亡) 滅 亡
simp. (灭亡) 灭 亡

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 滅 亡
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 薛 (81) 陽 (106)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 亡列切 武方切
Baxter mjiet mjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/miᴇt̚/ /mʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/miɛt̚/ /mʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mjæt̚/ /miuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/miat̚/ /muaŋ/
Li
Rong 		/miɛt̚/ /miuaŋ/
Wang
Li 		/mĭɛt̚/ /mĭwaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mi̯ɛt̚/ /miwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		miè wáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mit6 mong4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 滅 亡
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		miè wáng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjiet › ‹ mjang ›
Old
Chinese 		/*et/ /*maŋ/
English destroy flee; disappear; die

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 滅 亡
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13942 12662
Phonetic
component 		戌 亡
Rime
group 		月 陽
Rime
subdivision 		2 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		滅 亡
Old
Chinese 		/*med/ /*maŋ/
Notes 烕轉註

Verb

滅亡

  1. (intransitive) to be destroyed; to become extinct; to die out
    走向滅亡／走向灭亡  ―  zǒuxiàng mièwáng  ―  to be on the road to ruin
  2. (transitive) to destroy; to annihilate; to exterminate

Synonyms

  • (to be destroyed):
  • (to destroy):

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (滅亡):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滅 亡
めつ
Grade: S 		ぼう
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

滅(めつ)亡(ぼう) • (metsubō) 

  1. death, collapse
  2. extinction

Synonyms

Antonyms

Verb

滅(めつ)亡(ぼう)する • (metsubō suru) intransitive suru (stem 滅(めつ)亡(ぼう)し (metsubō shi), past 滅(めつ)亡(ぼう)した (metsubō shita))

  1. to die, to perish
  2. to die out, to become extinct

Conjugation

Conjugation of "滅亡する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 滅亡し めつぼうし metsubō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 滅亡し めつぼうし metsubō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 滅亡する めつぼうする metsubō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 滅亡する めつぼうする metsubō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 滅亡すれ めつぼうすれ metsubō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 滅亡せよ¹
滅亡しろ² 		めつぼうせよ¹
めつぼうしろ² 		metsubō seyo¹
metsubō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 滅亡される めつぼうされる metsubō sareru
Causative 滅亡させる
滅亡さす 		めつぼうさせる
めつぼうさす 		metsubō saseru
metsubō sasu
Potential 滅亡できる めつぼうできる metsubō dekiru
Volitional 滅亡しよう めつぼうしよう metsubō shiyō
Negative 滅亡しない めつぼうしない metsubō shinai
Negative continuative 滅亡せず めつぼうせず metsubō sezu
Formal 滅亡します めつぼうします metsubō shimasu
Perfective 滅亡した めつぼうした metsubō shita
Conjunctive 滅亡して めつぼうして metsubō shite
Hypothetical conditional 滅亡すれば めつぼうすれば metsubō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
滅亡

Noun

滅亡 • (myeolmang) (hangeul 멸망)

  1. Hanja form? of 멸망 (“extinction”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
滅亡

Verb

滅亡

  1. chữ Hán form of diệt vong (“to perish; to be destroyed”).
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