Chinese Word: 滅 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

滅 (Simplified: 灭)HSK 6

Pinyin: miè

English Definition: to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown

Chinese Definition:
①火熄：熄灭。
②消失，丧失：灭口。灭亡。不可磨灭。灭族(古代的一种残酷刑罚，一人犯罪，株连他的父母兄弟妻子等亲属，都被一起杀掉)。
③淹没：灭顶之灾。
④亡明着。

Antonyms: 着

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 水

Ideographic:To extinguish a flame 烕 with water 氵; 烕 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 氵 [ shuǐ ] water
- 烕 [ miè ] to destroy, to exterminate, to extinguish

Similar Characters: 減

	滅亡HSK 6	miè wáng	to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
	滅絕	miè jué	to extinguish; to become extinct; to die out

1		wǒ men 我们 xū yào 需要 xiāo miè 消灭 pín kùn 贫困。 We need to eliminate poverty.
2		shì bīng men 士兵们 bèi 被 mìng lìng 命令 xiāo miè 消灭 dí jūn 敌军。 The soldiers were ordered to exterminate the enemy forces.
3		xiāo fáng duì yuán 消防队员 men 们 zhèng 正 quán lì yǐ fù 全力以赴 pū miè 扑灭 dà huǒ 大火。 The firefighters are doing their utmost to extinguish the fire.
4		xiāo fáng yuán 消防员 yào 要 chōng fèn 充分 liǎo jiě 了解 rú hé 如何 pū miè 扑灭 huǒ zāi 火灾。 Firefighters need to know how to extinguish fires.
5		wū rǎn 污染 yǐ jīng 已经 dǎo zhì 导致 xǔ duō 许多 zhēn xī 珍惜 de 的 wù zhǒng 物种 miè jué 灭绝。 Pollution has caused the extinction of many precious species.

1		wǒ men 我们 xū yào 需要 xiāo miè 消灭 pín kùn 贫困。 We need to eliminate poverty.
2		shì bīng men 士兵们 bèi 被 mìng lìng 命令 xiāo miè 消灭 dí jūn 敌军。 The soldiers were ordered to exterminate the enemy forces.
3		xiāo fáng duì yuán 消防队员 men 们 zhèng 正 quán lì yǐ fù 全力以赴 pū miè 扑灭 dà huǒ 大火。 The firefighters are doing their utmost to extinguish the fire.
4		xiāo fáng yuán 消防员 yào 要 chōng fèn 充分 liǎo jiě 了解 rú hé 如何 pū miè 扑灭 huǒ zāi 火灾。 Firefighters need to know how to extinguish fires.
5		wū rǎn 污染 yǐ jīng 已经 dǎo zhì 导致 xǔ duō 许多 zhēn xī 珍惜 de 的 wù zhǒng 物种 miè jué 灭绝。 Pollution has caused the extinction of many precious species.