滅亡

See also: 灭亡

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (4)
Final () (81) (106)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
miè wáng
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjiet › ‹ mjang ›
Old
Chinese
/*[m]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. *[t] 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 12662
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*med/ /*maŋ/
Notes

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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (滅亡):

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つぼー [mètsúbóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [me̞t͡sɨᵝbo̞ː]

Noun

(めつ)(ぼう) • (metsubō) 

  1. death, collapse
  2. extinction

Synonyms

Antonyms

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

滅亡 • (myeolmang) (hangeul 멸망)

  1. Hanja form? of 멸망 (extinction).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

滅亡

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