瓦解

Chinese

tile
 
to loosen; to untie; to explain
to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort
trad. (瓦解) 瓦 解
simp. #(瓦解) 瓦 解

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 瓦 瓦 解
Reading # 1/2 2/2 2/4
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 疑 (31) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 麻 (99) 麻 (99) 佳 (31)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Open
Division (等) II II II
Fanqie 五寡切 五化切 佳買切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋˠuaX/ /ŋˠuaH/ /kˠɛX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋʷᵚaX/ /ŋʷᵚaH/ /kᵚæX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋuaX/ /ŋuaH/ /kæiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋwaɨX/ /ŋwaɨH/ /kaɨjX/
Li
Rong
/ŋuaX/ /ŋuaH/ /kɛX/
Wang
Li
/ŋwaX/ /ŋwaH/ /kaiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋwaX/ /ŋwaH/ /kaiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wǎ wà jiǎ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngaa5 ngaa6 gaai2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 瓦 解
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wǎ jiě
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngwæX › ‹ kɛX ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.ŋʷˁra[j]ʔ/ /*kˁreʔ/
English roof tile cut up; unloose

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 瓦 瓦 解
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/4
No. 12601 12603 6474
Phonetic
component
瓦 瓦 解
Rime
group
歌 歌 支
Rime
subdivision
1 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
瓦 瓦 解
Old
Chinese
/*ŋʷraːlʔ/ /*ŋʷraːls/ /*kreːʔ/

Verb

瓦解

  1. (intransitive) to disintegrate (like smashed earthenware); to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart
    他的婚姻瓦解了。  ―  Tā de hūnyīn wǎjiě le.  ―  His marriage fell apart.
  2. (intransitive) to disperse; to break away; to scatter away
  3. (transitive) to make something crumble; to crush; to destroy
    瓦解敵人/瓦解敌人  ―  wǎjiě dírén  ―  to crush the enemy

Synonyms

  • (to disintegrate):

Derived terms

  • 瓦解星散
  • 望風瓦解/望风瓦解
  • 瓦解冰銷/瓦解冰销
  • 瓦解星飛/瓦解星飞
  • 瓦解雲散/瓦解云散

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瓦 解
が
Grade: S
かい
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡa̠ka̠i]

Noun

瓦(が)解(かい) • (gakai) 

  1. collapse, downfall, destruction

Verb

瓦(が)解(かい)する • (gakai suru) suru (stem 瓦(が)解(かい)し (gakai shi), past 瓦(が)解(かい)した (gakai shita))

  1. to fall apart, to go to pieces

Conjugation

Korean

Hanja in this term
瓦解

Noun

瓦解 • (wahae) (hangeul 와해)

  1. Hanja form? of 와해 (“fall apart”).
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