灭

Pinyin: miè

to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out

Example sentence

消防员一眨眼的功夫就把火给灭了。

Xiāofángyuán yīzhǎyǎn de gōngfu jiù bǎ huǒ gěi miè le.

The firefighters put out the fire in the blink of an eye.

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What 灭 means

灭 (miè) is a Chinese word meaning “to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out”. It appears in the HSK 6 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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