抹殺

See also: 抹杀

Chinese

		girdle; brassiere; to plaster girdle; brassiere; to plaster; play; to smear	to kill; to murder; to slaughter
trad. (抹殺)		抹	殺
simp. (抹杀)		抹	杀
alternative forms		抹煞 抹摋／抹𢫬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǒshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˇ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut³ saat³ / mut⁶ saat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): boa̍t-sat / boah-soah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǒshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˇ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǒsha
    • Wade–Giles: mo³-sha¹
    • Yale: mwǒ-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moosha
    • Palladius: моша (moša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mut³ saat³ / mut⁶ saat³
    • Yale: mut saat / muht saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁸ saat⁸ / mut⁹ saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: mud³ sad³ / mud⁶ sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚³ saːt̚³/, /muːt̚² saːt̚³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 抹殺 / 抹杀 抹煞

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boa̍t-sat
    • Tâi-lô: bua̍t-sat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boadsad
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /buat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sat̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /buat̚⁴⁻³² sat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boah-soah
    • Tâi-lô: buah-suah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boahsoaq
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bua(ʔ)⁵ suaʔ⁵/

Verb

抹殺

1. to blot out; to erase; to discount (past efforts or achievements); to refuse to acknowledge; to obliterate

Derived terms

• 一概抹殺 / 一概抹杀
• 一筆抹殺 / 一笔抹杀 (yībǐmǒshā)

Related terms

• 扼殺／扼杀 (èshā)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
抹	殺
まつ > まっ Grade: S	さつ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
抹殺 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠sːa̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

抹(まっ)殺(さつ) • (massatsu) 

1. erasure
2. denial
3. killing

Verb

抹(まっ)殺(さつ)する • (massatsu suru) transitive suru (stem 抹(まっ)殺(さつ)し (massatsu shi), past 抹(まっ)殺(さつ)した (massatsu shita))

1. to wipe out, to erase
   • 1949, 宮本百合子, 今日の日本の文化問題:

     日本(にほん)のスポーツは、戦争中全(せんそうちゅうまった)く日常生活(にちじょうせいかつ)から抹殺(まっさつ)されていた。

     Nihon no supōtsu wa, sensō-chū mattaku nichijō seikatsu kara massatsu sarete ita.

     During the war, sports were completely wiped out of everyday life in Japan.

2. to deny
   • 1945, 太宰治, 惜別:

     もう僕(ぼく)はあの、科学救国論(かがくきゅうこくろん)は全部(ぜんぶ)、抹殺(まっさつ)します。

     Mō boku wa ano, kagaku kyūkoku ron wa zenbu, massatsu shimasu.

     These days I completely deny all of the arguments that science will save the nation.

3. to kill

Conjugation

Conjugation of "抹殺する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “抹殺”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
抹	殺

Noun

抹殺 • (malsal) (hangeul 말살)

1. hanja form^? of 말살

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
抹	殺

Verb

抹殺

1. chữ Hán form of mạt sát