# 瓦解
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wǎjiě
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa$^5$ gaai$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óa-kái
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wǎjiě [Phonetic: wájiě]
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wǎjiě
*** Wade–Giles: wa$^3$-chieh$^3$
*** Yale: wǎ-jyě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woajiee
*** Palladius: вацзе (vacze)
*** Sinological IPA : /wä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngaa$^5$ gaai$^2$
*** Yale: ngáh gáai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa$^5$ gaai$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nga$^5$ gai$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋaː¹³ kaːi̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óa-kái
*** Tâi-lô: uá-kái
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oafkae
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kai⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kai⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: ngwaeX|ngwaeH keaX
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 | /ŋˠua$^X$/ | /ŋˠua$^H$/ | /kˠɛ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋʷᵚa$^X$/ | /ŋʷᵚa$^H$/ | /kᵚæ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋua$^X$/ | /ŋua$^H$/ | /kæi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋwaɨ$^X$/ | /ŋwaɨ$^H$/ | /kaɨj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋua$^X$/ | /ŋua$^H$/ | /kɛ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋwa$^X$/ | /ŋwa$^H$/ | /kai$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ŋwa$^X$/ | /ŋwa$^H$/ | /kai$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wǎ | wà | jiǎ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngaa$^5$ | ngaa$^6$ | gaai$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ŋʷˤra[j]ʔ kˤreʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷraːlʔ|ŋʷraːls kreːʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 瓦 | 解 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wǎ | jiě |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ngwæ$^X$ › | ‹ kɛ$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.ŋʷˁra[j]ʔ/ | /*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. *[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 | 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
* (intransitive) to disintegrate (like smashed earthenware); to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart
       Tā de hūnyīn wǎjiě le. [Pinyin]
       His marriage fell apart.
* (intransitive) to disperse; to break away; to scatter away
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Yúshì bǎixìng líxīn wǎjiě, yù wéiluàn zhě shí jiā ér qī. [Pinyin]
    At that time the people withdrew their support and broke away (from Qin). Out of every ten households, seven desired armed rebellion.
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Qí kùnbài, zé wǎjiě yúnsàn yǐ. [Pinyin]
    When the battle becomes unfavourable, they disperse and disappear.
* (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):
* 倒冧 (dou$^2$ lam$^3$) (Cantonese)
* 倒塌 (dǎotā)
* 傾覆／倾覆 (qīngfù)
* 凹陷 (āoxiàn)
* 坍塌 (tāntā)
* 垮 (kuǎ)
* 垮臺／垮台 (kuǎtái) (figurative)
* 塌 (tā)
* 塌方 (tāfāng)
* 塌臺／塌台 (tātái) (figurative)
* 塌落 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 塌頭／塌头 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 崩坍 (bēngtān)
* 崩塌 (bēngtā)
* 崩敗／崩败 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 崩潰／崩溃 (bēngkuì)
* 崩裂 (bēngliè)
* 崩陷 (Hokkien, literary)
* 窞肚 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 解體／解体 (jiětǐ)
* 陷落 (xiànluò)

#### Derived terms

* 冰散瓦解
* 冰消瓦解 (bīngxiāowǎjiě)
* 土崩瓦解 (tǔbēngwǎjiě)
* 望風瓦解／望风瓦解
* 瓦解冰泮
* 瓦解冰消
* 瓦解冰銷／瓦解冰销
* 瓦解土崩
* 瓦解星散
* 瓦解星飛／瓦解星飞
* 瓦解雲散／瓦解云散

## Japanese

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡa̠ka̠i]

### Noun

瓦(が)解(かい) • (gakai)
* 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))
* to fall apart, to go to pieces

#### Conjugation

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)
* hanja form of 와해 (“fall apart”)