滅族

See also: 灭族

Chinese

		extinguish	race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
trad. (滅族)		滅	族
simp. (灭族)		灭	族
anagram		族滅／族灭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mièzú

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄗㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mit⁶ zuk⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bia̍t-cho̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mièzú
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄗㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mièzú
  - Wade–Giles: mieh⁴-tsu²
  - Yale: myè-dzú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehtzwu
  - Palladius: мецзу (meczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mit⁶ zuk⁶
  - Yale: miht juhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁹ dzuk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mid⁶ zug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚² t͡sʊk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bia̍t-cho̍k
  - Tâi-lô: bia̍t-tso̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biadzok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɛt̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛt̚²⁴⁻² t͡sɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɛt̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛt̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔk̚⁴/

Verb

滅族

(archaic) to exterminate an entire family (as a form of punishment in imperial China, and within the Sinosphere)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (滅族):

→ Korean: 멸족(滅族) (myeoljok)
→ Vietnamese: diệt tộc (滅族)

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