瓦解

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Chinese

tile
to loosen; to untie; to explain
to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort
 
trad. (瓦解) 瓦 解
simp. #(瓦解) 瓦 解

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 瓦 瓦 解
Reading # 1/2 2/2 2/4
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 疑 (31) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 麻 (99) 麻 (99) 佳 (31)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Open
Division (等) II II II
Fanqie 五寡切 五化切 佳買切
Baxter ngwaeX ngwaeH keaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋˠuaX/ /ŋˠuaH/ /kˠɛX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋʷᵚaX/ /ŋʷᵚaH/ /kᵚæX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋuaX/ /ŋuaH/ /kæiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋwaɨX/ /ŋwaɨH/ /kaɨjX/
Li
Rong 		/ŋuaX/ /ŋuaH/ /kɛX/
Wang
Li 		/ŋwaX/ /ŋwaH/ /kaiX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋwaX/ /ŋwaH/ /kaiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wǎ wà jiǎ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngaa5 ngaa6 gaai2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 瓦 解
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wǎ jiě
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngwæX › ‹ kɛX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.ŋʷˁraʔ/ /*kˁreʔ/
English roof tile cut up; unloose

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 瓦 瓦 解
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/4
No. 12601 12603 6474
Phonetic
component 		瓦 瓦 解
Rime
group 		歌 歌 支
Rime
subdivision 		1 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		瓦 瓦 解
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋʷraːlʔ/ /*ŋʷraːls/ /*kreːʔ/

Verb

瓦解

  1. (intransitive) to disintegrate (like smashed earthenware); to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart
    他的婚姻瓦解了。
    Tā de hūnyīn wǎjiě le.
    His marriage fell apart.
  2. (intransitive) to disperse; to break away; to scatter away
  3. (transitive) to make something crumble; to crush; to destroy
    瓦解敵人／瓦解敌人  ―  wǎjiě dírén  ―  to crush the enemy

Synonyms

  • (to disintegrate):

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瓦 解
が
Grade: S 		かい
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

瓦(が)解(かい) • (gakai) 

  1. collapse, downfall, destruction

Verb

瓦(が)解(かい)する • (gakai suru) suru (stem 瓦(が)解(かい)し (gakai shi), past 瓦(が)解(かい)した (gakai shita))

  1. to fall apart, to go to pieces

Conjugation

Conjugation of "瓦解する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 瓦解し がかいし gakai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 瓦解し がかいし gakai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 瓦解する がかいする gakai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 瓦解する がかいする gakai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 瓦解すれ がかいすれ gakai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 瓦解せよ¹
瓦解しろ² 		がかいせよ¹
がかいしろ² 		gakai seyo¹
gakai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 瓦解される がかいされる gakai sareru
Causative 瓦解させる
瓦解さす 		がかいさせる
がかいさす 		gakai saseru
gakai sasu
Potential 瓦解できる がかいできる gakai dekiru
Volitional 瓦解しよう がかいしよう gakai shiyō
Negative 瓦解しない がかいしない gakai shinai
Negative continuative 瓦解せず がかいせず gakai sezu
Formal 瓦解します がかいします gakai shimasu
Perfective 瓦解した がかいした gakai shita
Conjunctive 瓦解して がかいして gakai shite
Hypothetical conditional 瓦解すれば がかいすれば gakai sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
瓦解

Noun

瓦解 • (wahae) (hangeul 와해)

  1. hanja form? of 와해 (“fall apart”)
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