滅種

Chinese

		extinguish	to plant; to cultivate; kind to plant; to cultivate; kind; type; race; breed; seed; species (taxonomy)
trad. (滅種)		滅	種
simp. (灭种)		灭	种

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mièzhǒng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄓㄨㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mit⁶ zung²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mièzhǒng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄓㄨㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mièjhǒng
  - Wade–Giles: mieh⁴-chung³
  - Yale: myè-jǔng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miehjoong
  - Palladius: мечжун (mečžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mit⁶ zung²
  - Yale: miht júng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mit⁹ dzung²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mid⁶ zung²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːt̚² t͡sʊŋ³⁵/

Verb

滅種

to exterminate a race; to commit genocide
to become extinct; to die out (of a species)

Synonyms

(to become extinct): 絕種／绝种 (juézhǒng); (Hokkien) 斷種／断种

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