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灭

miè

extinguish; wipe out, exterminate

Shadow
Strokes
5
Radical
火
HSK
5
Tone
4

Traditional form: 滅

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 灯自己灭了。

    Dēng zì jǐ miè le

    The light went out by itself.

  • 所有的灯光同时灭了。

    Suǒ yǒu de dēng guāng tóng shí miè le

    All at the same time, the lights went out.

  • 灯突然灭了。

    Dēng tū rán miè le

    Suddenly, the light went out.

  • 没有你的话,我的生命就毁灭了。

    Méi yǒu nǐ de huà wǒ de shēng mìng jiù huǐ miè le

    Life's a ruin without you.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 灭

  • 消灭xiāo miè 1–4 to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)
  • 灭miè 4to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown
  • 毁灭huǐ miè 3–4 to perish; to ruin; to destroy
  • 灭亡miè wáng 4–2 to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
  • 熄灭xī miè 1–4 to stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished
  • 灭绝miè jué 4–2 to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely; to exterminate
  • 破灭pò miè 4–4 to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
  • 歼灭jiān miè 1–4 to wipe out; to crush; to annihilate