滅
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miè · to extinguish

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13Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

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Example sentences

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Kǒng lóng zài hěn jiǔ yǐ qián miè jué le.恐龍在很久以前滅絶了。

Dinosaurs became extinct a very long time ago.

Source: Tatoeba #6585431 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yǔ méi dà dào néng bǎ huǒ jiāo miè.雨沒大到能把火澆滅。

The rain wasn't heavy enough to extinguish the fire.

Source: Tatoeba #10600789 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xiāo fáng duì yuán hěn kuài jiù bǎ huǒ pū miè le.消防隊員很快就把火撲滅了。

The firemen soon put out the fire.

Source: Tatoeba #908024 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zài rén lèi zì wǒ huǐ miè de biān yuán, dìyī cì jiē chù chéng le fú yīn.在人類自我毀滅的邊緣,第一次接觸成了福音。

First Contact became humanity's salvation as it was at the brink of self-destruction.

Source: Tatoeba #5576778 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dù dù niǎo shì yǐ jīng miè jué de wù zhǒng.渡渡鳥是已經滅絕的物種。

The dodo is an already extinct species.

Source: Tatoeba #13867433 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Huǒ miè le má?火滅了嗎?

Was the fire extinguished?

Source: Tatoeba #13957804 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 滅 in context

  1. Say miè, then recall the core meaning: to extinguish.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 滅 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.