Chinese word dictionary

扑灭

pūmiè · to eradicate; to extinguish

Practice word

Word information

Simplified扑灭

Traditional撲滅

Pinyinpūmiè

Part of speech动

HSK 3.06

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

扑pū

to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike

灭miè

to extinguish; to wipe out

How to learn 扑灭

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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灭miè

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

扑pū

to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over

消灭xiāomiè

to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)

红扑扑hóngpūpū

red; rosy; flushed

毁灭huǐmiè

to perish; to ruin; to destroy

歼灭jiānmiè

to wipe out; to crush; to annihilate