# 撲滅
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pūmiè
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨ ㄇㄧㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pok$^3$ mit$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phû-me̍t
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phok-bia̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pog$^4$ mig$^8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pūmiè
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄨ ㄇㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pumiè
*** Wade–Giles: pʻu$^1$-mieh$^4$
*** Yale: pū-myè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pumieh
*** Palladius: пуме (pume)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰu⁵⁵ mi̯ɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pok$^3$ mit$^6$
*** Yale: pok miht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pok$^8$ mit$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pog$^3$ mid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɔːk̚³ miːt̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phû-me̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: pu$^ˊ$ med
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pu$^1$ med$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ met̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phok-bia̍t
*** Tâi-lô: phok-bia̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phokbiat
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ biɛt̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ biɛt̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ biɛt̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ biɛt̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ biɛt̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pog$^4$ mig$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phok mi̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰok̚²⁻⁴ mik̚⁴/

### Verb

撲滅
* (transitive) to annihilate; to eradicate; to exterminate; to extinguish; to stamp out; to wipe out; to destroy; to ruin
    撲滅火災／扑灭火灾 ― pūmiè huǒzāi ― to extinguish a fire

#### Synonyms

* 亡
* 剪除 (jiǎnchú)
* 埋葬 (máizàng) (literary, figuratively)
* 打掉 (dǎdiào)
* 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)
* 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 :
| 撲 | 滅 |
| ぼく Grade: S | めつ Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 撲滅／扑灭 (phuwk mjiet, literally “beat, strike + destroy”). Compare modern Cantonese reading pok$^3$ mit$^6$.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぼくめつ [bòkúmétsú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [bo̞kɯ̟me̞t͡sɨ]

### Noun

撲(ぼく)滅(めつ) • (bokumetsu)
* the beating out of a flame, extinguishing by beating
* eradication or extermination by beating
* (figuratively) the stamping out or wiping out of something

#### Synonyms

* 殲滅(せんめつ) (senmetsu): annihilation, to annihilate (emphasis on nothing being left)
* 根絶(こんぜつ) (konzetsu): extermination, eradication (emphasis on removing something by the root)

### Verb

撲(ぼく)滅(めつ)する • (bokumetsu suru) transitive suru (stem 撲(ぼく)滅(めつ)し (bokumetsu shi), past 撲(ぼく)滅(めつ)した (bokumetsu shita))
* to beat out a flame, to extinguish by beating
* to eradicate or exterminate something by beating
* (figuratively) to stamp out something, to wipe out something

#### Conjugation

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

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 撲 | 滅 |

### Noun

撲滅 • (bangmyeol) (hangeul 박멸)
* hanja form of 박멸 (“eradication”)