| 1 | 消灭 | 消滅 | xiāo miè | xiao1 mie4 | to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory) | | |
| 2 | 灭 | 滅 | miè | mie4 | to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown | | |
| 3 | 灭亡 | 滅亡 | miè wáng | mie4 wang2 | to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate | | |
| 4 | 毁灭 | 毀滅 | huǐ miè | hui3 mie4 | to perish; to ruin; to destroy | | |
| 5 | 歼灭 | 殲滅 | jiān miè | jian1 mie4 | to wipe out; to crush; to annihilate | | |
| 6 | 熄灭 | 熄滅 | xī miè | xi1 mie4 | to stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished | | |
| 7 | 灭绝 | 滅絕 | miè jué | mie4 jue2 | to extinguish; to become extinct; to die out | | |
| 8 | 覆灭 | 覆滅 | fù miè | fu4 mie4 | destruction | | |
| 9 | 剿灭 | 剿滅 | jiǎo miè | jiao3 mie4 | to eliminate (by armed force) | | |
| 10 | 浇灭 | 澆滅 | jiāo miè | jiao1 mie4 | and extinguished by pouring | | |
| 11 | 歼灭射击 | 殲滅射擊 | jiān miè shè jī | jian1 mie4 she4 ji1 | annihilation fire | | |
| 12 | 寂灭 | 寂滅 | jì miè | ji4 mie4 | to die out; to fade away; nirvana (Buddhism) | | |
| 13 | 毁灭性 | 毀滅性 | huǐ miè xìng | hui3 mie4 xing4 | destructive; devastating | | |
| 14 | 灰飞烟灭 | 灰飛煙滅 | huī fēi yān miè | hui1 fei1 yan1 mie4 | lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom); fig. to be annihilated; to vanish in a puff of smoke | | |
| 15 | 攻灭 | 攻滅 | gōng miè | gong1 mie4 | to conquer; to defeat (militarily) | | |
| 16 | 扶清灭洋 | 扶清滅洋 | fú qīng miè yáng | fu2 Qing1 mie4 yang2 | Support the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan) | | |
| 17 | 焚尸灭迹 | 焚屍滅跡 | fén shī miè jì | fen2 shi1 mie4 ji4 | to burn the corpse to destroy the evidence (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 断灭论 | 斷滅論 | duàn miè lùn | duan4 mie4 lun4 | annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) | | |
| 19 | 大义灭亲 | 大義滅親 | dà yì miè qīn | da4 yi4 mie4 qin1 | to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it | | |
| 20 | 大灭绝 | 大滅絕 | dà miè jué | da4 mie4 jue2 | mass extinction | | |
| 21 | 族灭 | 族滅 | zú miè | zu2 mie4 | to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old) | | |
| 22 | 除害灭病 | 除害滅病 | chú hài miè bìng | chu2 hai4 mie4 bing4 | to eradicate diseases and scourges (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 宠妾灭妻 | 寵妾滅妻 | chǒng qiè miè qī | chong3 qie4 mie4 qi1 | favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom); spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife | | |
| 24 | 不可磨灭 | 不可磨滅 | bù kě mó miè | bu4 ke3 mo2 mie4 | indelible | | |
| 25 | 濒于毁灭 | 瀕於毀滅 | bīn yú huǐ miè | bin1 yu2 hui3 mie4 | on the brink of ruin (idiom) | | |