# 暴殄天物
## Chinese

| | | to destroy; to damage; to recklessly waste | nature's creatures |
| trad. (暴殄天物) | trad. (暴殄天物) | 暴殄 | 天物 |
| simp. $^#$(暴殄天物) | simp. $^#$(暴殄天物) | 暴殄 | 天物 |

### Etymology

First attested in the early 4th century in Accession of King Wu, an extra chapter in Forged Old Text Book of Documents. Originally meaning to cruelly destroy nature's creatures.
    今商王受無道，暴殄天物，害虐烝民。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]今商王受无道，暴殄天物，害虐烝民。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]From: Forged Old Text of the Book of Documents, circa 3rd – 4th century CEJīn Shāngwáng Shòu wúdào, bàotiǎntiānwù, hàinüè zhēngmín. [Pinyin]Shou, the present king of Shang, is without principle, cruel and destructive to the creatures of Heaven, injurious and tyrannical to the multitudes of the people.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bàotiǎntiānwù
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bou$^6$ tin$^5$ tin$^1$ mat$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bàotiǎntiānwù
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bàotiǎntianwù
*** Wade–Giles: pao$^4$-tʻien$^3$-tʻien$^1$-wu$^4$
*** Yale: bàu-tyǎn-tyān-wù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawteantianwuh
*** Palladius: баотяньтяньу (baotjanʹtjanʹu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ u⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bou$^6$ tin$^5$ tin$^1$ mat$^6$
*** Yale: bouh tíhn tīn maht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bou$^6$ tin$^5$ tin$^1$ mat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bou$^6$ tin$^5$ tin$^1$ med$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /pou̯²² tʰiːn¹³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ mɐt̚²/
* Middle Chinese: bawH denX then mjut
Rime :
| Character | 暴 | 殄 | 天 | 物 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 定 (7) | 透 (6) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) | 先 (85) | 先 (85) | 物 (60) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Rising (X) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | IV | IV | III |
| Fanqie | 薄報切 | 徒典切 | 他前切 | 文弗切 |
| Baxter | bawH | denX | then | mjut |
| Reconstructions |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɑu$^H$/ | /den$^X$/ | /tʰen/ | /mɨut̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bɑu$^H$/ | /den$^X$/ | /tʰen/ | /miut̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bɑu$^H$/ | /dɛn$^X$/ | /tʰɛn/ | /miuət̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /baw$^H$/ | /dɛn$^X$/ | /tʰɛn/ | /mut̚/ |
| Li Rong | /bɑu$^H$/ | /den$^X$/ | /tʰen/ | /miuət̚/ |
| Wang Li | /bɑu$^H$/ | /dien$^X$/ | /tʰien/ | /mĭuət̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱɑu$^H$/ | /dʱien$^X$/ | /tʰien/ | /mi̯uət̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bào | diàn | tiān | wù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bou$^6$ | din$^6$ | tin$^1$ | mat$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤawk-s [d]ˤə[n]ʔ l̥ˤi[n]|l̥ˤi[n] C.mut/
    (Zhengzhang): /*boːwɢs l'ɯːnʔ qʰl'iːn mɯd/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 暴 | 殄 | 天 | 天 | 物 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bào | tiǎn | tiān | xiān | wù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ baw$^H$ › | ‹ den$^X$ › | ‹ then › | ‹ xen › | ‹ mjut › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]ˁawk-s/ | /*[d]ˁə[n]ʔ/ | /*l̥ˁi[n]/ | /*l̥ˁi[n]/ (W dialect: l̥ˁ- > Hàn-time *xˁ- > MC x-) | /*C.mut/ |
| English | violent | cease; destroy | heaven | heaven | thing |
| 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 | 暴 | 殄 | 天 | 物 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 330 | 17087 | 12387 | 13218 |
| Phonetic component | 暴 | 疹 | 天 | 勿 |
| Rime group | 貌 | 文 | 眞 | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 暴 | 殄 | 天 | 物 |
| Old Chinese | /*boːwɢs/ | /*l'ɯːnʔ/ | /*qʰl'iːn/ | /*mɯd/ |

### Idiom

暴殄天物
* to recklessly waste natural products (or things in general)