Chinese word dictionary

灭绝

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

Practice word

Word information

Simplified灭绝

Traditional滅絕

Pinyinmièjué

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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

灭miè

to extinguish; to wipe out

绝jué

to cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate

How to learn 灭绝

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.

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Words with the same characters

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拒绝jùjué

to refuse; to decline; to reject

绝对juéduì

absolute; unconditional

绝望juéwàng

to despair; to give up all hope; desperate; desperation

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)