滅裂

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Chinese

extinguish crack; split
trad. (滅裂)
simp. (灭裂)

Pronunciation



BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
miè liè
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjiet › ‹ ljet ›
Old
Chinese
/*et/ /*at/
English destroy to cut, split

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13942 8129
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*med/ /*red/
Notes

Adjective

滅裂

  1. careless; incautious; rash

Synonyms

  • (careless):
  • (incautious): 不慎 (bùshèn)

Derived terms

Verb

滅裂

  1. to break; to destroy