| 1 | 灭 | 滅 | miè | mie4 | to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown | | |
| 2 | 灭亡 | 滅亡 | miè wáng | mie4 wang2 | to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate | | |
| 3 | 灭绝 | 滅絕 | miè jué | mie4 jue2 | to extinguish; to become extinct; to die out | | |
| 4 | 灭族 | 滅族 | miè zú | mie4 zu2 | extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment) | | |
| 5 | 灭种罪 | 滅種罪 | miè zhǒng zuì | mie4 zhong3 zui4 | genocide | | |
| 6 | 灭种 | 滅種 | miè zhǒng | mie4 zhong3 | to commit genocide; to become extinct; extinction of a race | | |
| 7 | 灭音器 | 滅音器 | miè yīn qì | mie4 yin1 qi4 | muffler (of an internal combustion engine) | | |
| 8 | 灭鼠药 | 滅鼠藥 | miè shǔ yào | mie4 shu3 yao4 | rat poison | | |
| 9 | 灭失 | 滅失 | miè shī | mie4 shi1 | loss (of sth through natural disaster, theft etc) (law) | | |
| 10 | 灭门 | 滅門 | miè mén | mie4 men2 | to exterminate an entire family | | |
| 11 | 灭口 | 滅口 | miè kǒu | mie4 kou3 | to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret; to silence sb | | |
| 12 | 灭菌 | 滅菌 | miè jūn | mie4 jun1 | to sterilize | | |
| 13 | 灭绝种族 | 滅絕種族 | miè jué zhǒng zú | mie4 jue2 zhong3 zu2 | genocide | | |
| 14 | 灭绝人性 | 滅絕人性 | miè jué rén xìng | mie4 jue2 ren2 xing4 | to be devoid of all humanity; inhuman; bestial | | |
| 15 | 灭绝净尽 | 滅絕凈盡 | miè jué jìng jìn | mie4 jue2 jing4 jin4 | to be totally exterminated (idiom) | | |
| 16 | 灭尽天良 | 滅盡天良 | miè jìn tiān liáng | mie4 jin4 tian1 liang2 | to be utterly without conscience (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 灭迹焚尸 | 滅跡焚屍 | miè jì fén shī | mie4 ji4 fen2 shi1 | to burn a corpse to destroy evidence (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 灭火器 | 滅火器 | miè huǒ qì | mie4 huo3 qi4 | fire extinguisher | | |
| 19 | 灭火 | 滅火 | miè huǒ | mie4 huo3 | to extinguish a fire; firefighting | | |
| 20 | 灭度 | 滅度 | miè dù | mie4 du4 | to extinguish worries and the sea of grief; nirvana (Buddhism) | | |
| 21 | 灭顶之灾 | 滅頂之災 | miè dǐng zhī zāi | mie4 ding3 zhi1 zai1 | A catastrophe of utter destruction | | |
| 22 | 灭顶 | 滅頂 | miè dǐng | mie4 ding3 | to be drowned (figurative and literal) | | |
| 23 | 灭掉 | 滅掉 | miè diào | mie4 diao4 | to eliminate | | |
| 24 | 灭此朝食 | 滅此朝食 | miè cǐ zhāo shí | mie4 ci3 zhao1 shi2 | lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed; anxious to do battle (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 灭除 | 滅除 | miè chú | mie4 chu2 | to eliminate; to kill off | | |