# 殲滅
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiānmiè
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cim$^1$ mit$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiam-bia̍t / chiam-bia̍t
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiānmiè
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jianmiè
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^1$-mieh$^4$
*** Yale: jyān-myè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianmieh
*** Palladius: цзяньме (czjanʹme)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mi̯ɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cim$^1$ mit$^6$
*** Yale: chīm miht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsim$^1$ mit$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qim$^1$ mid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵ miːt̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiam-bia̍t
*** Tâi-lô: tshiam-bia̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiambiat
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² biɛt̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² biɛt̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiam³³ biɛt̚²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-bia̍t
*** Tâi-lô: tsiam-bia̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciambiat
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² biɛt̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam³³ biɛt̚²⁴/

### Verb

殲滅
* to annihilate; to eradicate

#### Synonyms

* 亡
* 剪除 (jiǎnchú)
* 埋葬 (máizàng) (literary, figuratively)
* 打掉 (dǎdiào)
* 撲滅／扑灭 (pūmiè)
* 收拾 (colloquial)
* 根除 (gēnchú)
* 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)
* 絕滅／绝灭 (juémiè)
* 翦除 (jiǎnchú) (literary)
* 解決／解决 (jiějué)
* 討滅／讨灭 (tǎomiè) (literary)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 殲 | 滅 |
| せん Hyōgai | めつ Grade: S |
| goon ||
* Alternative spelling
* せん滅

### Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese compound 殲滅 (MC tsjem mjiet, literally “annihilate + destroy”), probably as a learned borrowing from Chinese 殲滅／歼灭 (jiānmiè).
First cited to a text from 1825.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) せんめつ [sèńmétsú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [sẽ̞mːe̞t͡sɨ]

### Noun

殲(せん)滅(めつ) • (senmetsu)
* [from 1825] annihilation, eradication, extermination

#### Usage notes

Often spelled せん滅 due to the rarity and complexity of the first character 殲.

#### Synonyms

* 根絶(こんぜつ) (konzetsu)
* 皆殺(みなごろ)し (minagoroshi)

#### Antonyms

* 生成(せいせい) (seisei): creation, formation
* 創造(そうぞう) (sōzō): creation of something new

### Verb

殲(せん)滅(めつ)する • (senmetsu suru) transitive suru (stem 殲(せん)滅(めつ)し (senmetsu shi), past 殲(せん)滅(めつ)した (senmetsu shita))
* to annihilate; to eradicate, to exterminate

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 殲滅し | せんめつし | senmetsu shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 殲滅し | せんめつし | senmetsu shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 殲滅する | せんめつする | senmetsu suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 殲滅する | せんめつする | senmetsu suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 殲滅すれ | せんめつすれ | senmetsu sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 殲滅せよ¹ 殲滅しろ² | せんめつせよ¹ せんめつしろ² | senmetsu seyo¹ senmetsu shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 殲滅される | せんめつされる | senmetsu sareru |
| Causative | 殲滅させる 殲滅さす | せんめつさせる せんめつさす | senmetsu saseru senmetsu sasu |
| Potential | 殲滅できる | せんめつできる | senmetsu dekiru |
| Volitional | 殲滅しよう | せんめつしよう | senmetsu shiyō |
| Negative | 殲滅しない | せんめつしない | senmetsu shinai |
| Negative continuative | 殲滅せず | せんめつせず | senmetsu sezu |
| Formal | 殲滅します | せんめつします | senmetsu shimasu |
| Perfective | 殲滅した | せんめつした | senmetsu shita |
| Conjunctive | 殲滅して | せんめつして | senmetsu shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 殲滅すれば | せんめつすれば | senmetsu sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 殲 | 滅 |

### Noun

殲滅 • (seommyeol) (hangeul 섬멸)
* hanja form of 섬멸 (“annihilation, eradication, extermination”)