絕滅

See also: 絶滅 and 绝灭

Chinese

		cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means	extinguish
trad. (絕滅)		絕	滅
simp. (绝灭)		绝	灭
anagram		滅絕／灭绝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): juémiè

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄇㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut⁶ mit⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: juémiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄇㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyuémiè
  - Wade–Giles: chüeh²-mieh⁴
  - Yale: jywé-myè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuemieh
  - Palladius: цзюэме (czjueme)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ mi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyut⁶ mit⁶
  - Yale: jyuht miht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt⁹ mit⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jud⁶ mid⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːt̚² miːt̚²/

Verb

絕滅

(transitive) to wipe out; to eliminate; to annihilate
(intransitive) to die out; to become extinct

Synonyms

(to wipe out):

亡
剪除 (jiǎnchú)
埋葬 (máizàng) (literary, figuratively)
打掉 (dǎdiào)
撲滅／扑灭 (pūmiè)
收拾 (colloquial)
根除 (gēnchú)
殲滅／歼灭 (jiānmiè)
殺滅／杀灭 (shāmiè)
毀滅／毁灭 (huǐmiè)
泯絕／泯绝 (mǐnjué) (literary)
消滅／消灭 (xiāomiè)
滅亡／灭亡 (mièwáng)
滅殺／灭杀 (mièshā)
滅絕／灭绝 (mièjué)
翦除 (jiǎnchú) (literary)
解決／解决 (jiějué)
討滅／讨灭 (tǎomiè) (literary)

(to die out):

不見／不见 (bùjiàn)
奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
收斂／收敛 (shōuliǎn) (of a light ray, smile, etc.)
泯絕／泯绝 (mǐnjué) (literary)
消亡 (xiāowáng)
消失 (xiāoshī)
消散 (xiāosàn)
消滅／消灭 (xiāomiè)
消融 (xiāoróng)
消逝 (xiāoshì)
蒸發／蒸发 (zhēngfā) (figurative)
遠去／远去 (yuǎnqù)

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