灭
miè
extinguish; wipe out, exterminate
- 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.
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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