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

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• 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

1. (transitive) to wipe out; to eliminate; to annihilate
2. (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)