# 滅殺
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mièshā
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mit$^6$ saat$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mièshā
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mièsha
*** Wade–Giles: mieh$^4$-sha$^1$
*** Yale: myè-shā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehsha
*** Palladius: меша (meša)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mit$^6$ saat$^3$
*** Yale: miht saat
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mit$^9$ saat$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mid$^6$ sad$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /miːt̚² saːt̚³/
* Middle Chinese: mjiet sreat
Rime :
| Character | 滅 | 殺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 薛 (81) | 鎋 (75) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | II |
| Fanqie | 亡列切 | 所八切 |
| Baxter | mjiet | sreat |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /miᴇt̚/ | /ʃˠɛt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /miɛt̚/ | /ʃᵚæt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mjæt̚/ | /ʃæt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /miat̚/ | /ʂəɨt̚/ |
| Li Rong | /miɛt̚/ | /ʃɛt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭɛt̚/ | /ʃæt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mi̯ɛt̚/ | /ʂat̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | miè | sha |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mit$^6$ | saat$^3$ |

### Verb

滅殺
* to kill (germs, toxins, pests, etc.); to eradicate; to exterminate

#### Synonyms

* 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)
* 滅絕／灭绝 (mièjué)
* 絕滅／绝灭 (juémiè)
* 翦除 (jiǎnchú) (literary)
* 解決／解决 (jiějué)
* 討滅／讨灭 (tǎomiè) (literary)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 滅殺(めっさつ) (messatsu)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 滅 | 殺 |
| めつ > めっ Grade: S | さつ Grade: 5 |
| goon | kan'on |
* Alternative spelling
* 滅殺 (kyūjitai)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 滅殺 (MC mjiet sreat).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [me̞sːa̠t͡sɨ]

### Noun

滅(めっ)殺(さつ) • (messatsu)
* annihilation; eradication; obliteration

### Verb

滅(めっ)殺(さつ)する • (messatsu suru) suru (stem 滅(めっ)殺(さつ)し (messatsu shi), past 滅(めっ)殺(さつ)した (messatsu shita))
* to annihilate; to eradicate; to obliterate

#### Conjugation

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