Chinese word dictionary

湮灭

yān miè · to sink into oblivion; to bury in obscurity

Practice word

Word information

Simplified湮灭

Traditional湮滅

Pinyinyān miè

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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湮yān

to block up; to sink; to stain

灭miè

to extinguish; to wipe out

How to learn 湮灭

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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

扑灭pūmiè

to eradicate; to extinguish

消灭xiāomiè

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

毁灭huǐmiè

to perish; to ruin; to destroy

歼灭jiānmiè

to wipe out; to crush; to annihilate

灭绝mièjué

to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely; to exterminate