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灭

miè

Traditional: 滅

to extinguish or put out

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Meaning of 灭 in English

mièHSK 6verbSyllabus #4517
  1. to extinguish or put out
  2. to go out (of a fire etc)
  3. to exterminate or wipe out
  4. to drown

Example sentences

  1. 蜡烛自己灭了。
    là zhú zì jǐ miè le。
    The candle went out by itself.
    Tatoeba #349941 by fucongcong · #29466 by human600 · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 灯突然灭了。
    dēng tū rán miè le。
    The light suddenly went out.
    Tatoeba #363915 by fucongcong · #484896 by darinmex · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 灯突然灭了。
    dēng tū rán miè le。
    Suddenly, the light went out.
    Tatoeba #363915 by fucongcong · #280658 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

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HSK words with 灭

扑灭HSK 6消灭HSK 6毁灭HSK 7–9歼灭HSK 7–9灭绝HSK 7–9灭亡HSK 7–9破灭HSK 7–9熄灭HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences