解決

See also: 解决

Chinese

		to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort	breach (a dyke); to decide; to determine
trad. (解決)		解	決
simp. (解决)		解	决

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiějué

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai² kyut³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kié-kiet / kiái-kiat
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kái-koat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): goi² guag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiějué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiějyué
    • Wade–Giles: chieh³-chüeh²
    • Yale: jyě-jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieejyue
    • Palladius: цзецзюэ (czeczjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai² kyut³
    • Yale: gáai kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai² kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai² küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³⁵ kʰyːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kié-kiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: gie^ˋ gied^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gie³ giad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯e³¹ ki̯et̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiái-kiat
    • Hakka Romanization System: giai^ˋ giad^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giai³ giad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯ai̯³¹ ki̯at̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-koat
    • Tâi-lô: kái-kuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kay'koad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuat̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: goi² guag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kói kuak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koi⁵²⁻³⁵ kuak̚²/

Verb

解決

1. to solve; to resolve; to settle

   解決問題／解决问题  ―  jiějué wèntí  ―  to solve a problem

   解決方案／解决方案  ―  jiějué fāng'àn  ―  solution

   完美解決／完美解决  ―  wánměi jiějué  ―  to perfectly solve

   問題得到了解決。 [MSC, trad.]
   问题得到了解决。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wèntí dédào le jiějué. [Pinyin]

   The problem has been solved.

   他們為了解決這個問題，嘗試過各種方法。 [MSC, trad.]
   他们为了解决这个问题，尝试过各种方法。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāmen wèile jiějué zhège wèntí, chángshì guò gèzhǒng fāngfǎ. [Pinyin]

   They have tried every method to solve this problem.

2. (euphemistic) to kill off; to murder
3. to wipe out; to eliminate; to annihilate

Synonyms

• (to kill off):

edit

• 刑 (xíng) (literary)
• 剿戮 (jiǎolù) (archaic)
• 屠宰 (túzǎi) (an animal for food)
• 屠戮 (túlù) (literary)
• 屠殺／屠杀 (túshā) (in large numbers)
• 慘殺／惨杀 (cǎnshā) (to kill in cold blood)
• 故意殺人／故意杀人 (gùyì shārén) (law, mainland China)
• 殘殺／残杀 (cánshā)
• 殛斃／殛毙 (jíbì) (literary)
• 殺／杀
• 殺人／杀人 (shārén) (to kill someone)
• 殺害／杀害 (shāhài)
• 殺戮／杀戮 (shālù) (literary)
• 殺死／杀死 (shāsǐ)
• 誅殺／诛杀 (zhūshā) (literary)
• 謀殺／谋杀 (móushā)
• 辦／办 (bàn) (euphemism)

 

• (to wipe out):

edit

• 亡
• 剪除 (jiǎnchú)
• 埋葬 (máizàng) (literary, figuratively)
• 打掉 (dǎdiào)
• 撲滅／扑灭 (pūmiè)
• 收拾 (colloquial)
• 根除 (gēnchú)
• 殲滅／歼灭 (jiānmiè)
• 殺滅／杀灭 (shāmiè)
• 毀滅／毁灭 (huǐmiè)
• 泯絕／泯绝 (mǐnjué) (literary)
• 消滅／消灭 (xiāomiè)
• 滅亡／灭亡 (mièwáng)
• 滅殺／灭杀 (mièshā)
• 滅絕／灭绝 (mièjué)
• 絕滅／绝灭 (juémiè)
• 翦除 (jiǎnchú) (literary)
• 討滅／讨灭 (tǎomiè) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 未解決／未解决

 

Related terms

• 處理／处理 (chǔlǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (解決):

• → Japanese: 解決(かいけつ) (kaiketsu)
• → Korean: 해결(解決) (haegyeol)
• → Vietnamese: giải quyết (解決)

Noun

解決

1. solution, settlement
2. (music) resolution

Japanese

Kanji in this term
解	決
かい Grade: 5	けつ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

解 (kai, “to solve”) +‎ 決 (ketsu, “to decide”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かいけつ [kàíkétsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ike̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

解(かい)決(けつ) • (kaiketsu) 

1. solution, settlement
2. (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made; resolution

Derived terms

• 問題解決(もんだいかいけつ) (mondai kaiketsu): solving problem
• 解決方法(かいけつほうほう) (kaiketsu hōhō): solution
• 解決手段(かいけつしゅだん) (kaiketsu shudan): means of solution

Related terms

• 解明(かいめい) (kaimei)

Verb

解(かい)決(けつ)する • (kaiketsu suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 解(かい)決(けつ)し (kaiketsu shi), past 解(かい)決(けつ)した (kaiketsu shita))

1. (transitive) solve, resolve, settle (a problem, a trouble, a criminal case)

   彼(かれ)らはその問題(もんだい)を一日(いちにち)で解決(かいけつ)した。

   Karera wa sono mondai o ichinichi de kaiketsu shita.

   They resolved the problem in a day.

2. (intransitive) be solved, be settled

   問題(もんだい)は解決(かいけつ)した。

   Mondai wa kaiketsu shita.

   The problem was resolved.

3. (intransitive) can be solved; be soluble

Conjugation

Conjugation of "解決する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	解決し	かいけつし	kaiketsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	解決し	かいけつし	kaiketsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	解決する	かいけつする	kaiketsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	解決する	かいけつする	kaiketsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	解決すれ	かいけつすれ	kaiketsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	解決せよ¹ 解決しろ²	かいけつせよ¹ かいけつしろ²	kaiketsu seyo¹ kaiketsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	解決される	かいけつされる	kaiketsu sareru
Causative	解決させる 解決さす	かいけつさせる かいけつさす	kaiketsu saseru kaiketsu sasu
Potential	解決できる	かいけつできる	kaiketsu dekiru
Volitional	解決しよう	かいけつしよう	kaiketsu shiyō
Negative	解決しない	かいけつしない	kaiketsu shinai
Negative continuative	解決せず	かいけつせず	kaiketsu sezu
Formal	解決します	かいけつします	kaiketsu shimasu
Perfective	解決した	かいけつした	kaiketsu shita
Conjunctive	解決して	かいけつして	kaiketsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	解決すれば	かいけつすれば	kaiketsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
解	決

Noun

解決 • (haegyeol) (hangeul 해결)

1. hanja form^? of 해결 (“resolution”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
解	決

Verb

解決

1. chữ Hán form of giải quyết (“to resolve”).