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

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ŋʷˤra[j]ʔ kˤreʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷraːlʔ|ŋʷraːls kreːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	瓦	解
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǎ	jiě
Middle Chinese	‹ ngwæ^X ›	‹ kɛ^X ›
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.

瓦解

(intransitive) to disintegrate (like smashed earthenware); to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart
他的婚姻瓦解了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Tā de hūnyīn wǎjiě le. [Pinyin]
His marriage fell apart.
(intransitive) to disperse; to break away; to scatter away
- 於是百姓離心瓦解，欲為亂者十家而七。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  于是百姓离心瓦解，欲为乱者十家而七。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Yúshì bǎixìng líxīn wǎjiě, yù wéiluàn zhě shí jiā ér qī. [Pinyin]
  At that time the people withdrew their support and broke away (from Qin). Out of every ten households, seven desired armed rebellion.
- 其困敗，則瓦解雲散矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  其困败，则瓦解云散矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Qí kùnbài, zé wǎjiě yúnsàn yǐ. [Pinyin]
  When the battle becomes unfavourable, they disperse and disappear.
(transitive) to make something crumble; to crush; to destroy
瓦解敵人／瓦解敌人 ― wǎjiě dírén ― to crush the enemy

瓦(が)解(かい) • (gakai)

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))

Conjugation of "瓦解する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	瓦解し	がかいし	gakai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	瓦解し	がかいし	gakai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	瓦解する	がかいする	gakai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	瓦解する	がかいする	gakai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	瓦解すれ	がかいすれ	gakai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	瓦解せよ¹ 瓦解しろ²	がかいせよ¹ がかいしろ²	gakai seyo¹ gakai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	瓦解される	がかいされる	gakai sareru
Causative	瓦解させる瓦解さす	がかいさせるがかいさす	gakai saseru gakai sasu
Potential	瓦解できる	がかいできる	gakai dekiru
Volitional	瓦解しよう	がかいしよう	gakai shiyō
Negative	瓦解しない	がかいしない	gakai shinai
Negative continuative	瓦解せず	がかいせず	gakai sezu
Formal	瓦解します	がかいします	gakai shimasu
Perfective	瓦解した	がかいした	gakai shita
Conjunctive	瓦解して	がかいして	gakai shite
Hypothetical conditional	瓦解すれば	がかいすれば	gakai sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Hanja in this term
瓦	解

瓦解 • (wahae) (hangeul 와해)