滅 (mit6 | mie4) : destroy; extinguish; disappear

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滅

mit6

mie4

[1] destroy; annihilate; do away with; eradicate
[2] (of a light, fire, etc) extinguish; go/put out
[3] disappear; perish; submerge; drown

Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

滅 / 灭

This word has been viewed 8654 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Feb 2011 03:35

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毀滅性 wai2 mit6 sing3 hui3 mie4 xing4 = destructive nature

毀滅 wai2 mit6 hui3 mie4 = destroy; ruin; annihilate

消滅 siu1 mit6 xiao1 mie4 = to perish; to destroy; to annihilate

熄滅 sik1 mit6 xi1 mie4 = to extinguish; to die out; (of fire) to go out

殲滅 cim1 mit6 jian1 mie4 = to wipe out; to destroy; to annihilate

磨滅 mo4 mit6 = efface; wear away

不可磨滅 bat1 ho2 mo4 mit6 bu4 ke3 mo2 mie4 = indelible 國

滅火筒 mit6 fo2 tung4*2 mie4 huo3 tong3 = fire extinguisher

滅菌 mit6 kwan2 mie4 jun4 (Taiwan), mie4 jun1 (PRC) = sterilization

大量毀滅 daai6 loeng6 wai2 mit6 = to decimate

滅絕 mit6 zyut6 mie4 jue2 = vanish, to become extinct; to exterminate

已滅 ji5 mit6 yi3 mie4 = extinct

撲滅 pok3 mit6 pu1 mie4 = to eradicate; to extinguish

滅絕人性 mit6 zyut6 jan4 sing3 mie4 jue2 ren2 xing4 = inhuman; savage; cannibalistic

自生自滅 zi6 saang1 zi6 mit6 zi4 sheng1 zi4 mie4 = (allowing something) to run its own course; to emerge and perish on its own

滅火喉 mit6 fo2 hau4 = a firehose; a fire hydrant; jet (of water)

夷滅 ji4 mit6 yi2 mie4 = to massacre; to die out

幻滅 waan6 mit6 huan4 mie4 = disillusion; vanish into thin air

大義滅親 daai6 ji6 mit6 can1 = to forsake family loyalty for righteousness

滅亡 mit6 mong4 mie4 wang2 = be destroyed; become extinct; die out

種族滅絕 zung2 zuk6 mit6 zyut6 zhong3 zu2 mie4 jue2 = genocide

人不為己天誅地滅 jan4 bat1 wai6 gei2 tin1 zyu1 dei6 mit6 ren2 bu4 wei4 zi3 tian1 zhu1 di4 mie4 = every man for himself

泯滅 man5 mit6 min3 mie4 = vanish; disappear; sink into oblivion; die away

破滅 po3 mit6 po4 mie4 = to be shattered; be disillusioned; evaporate

絕滅 zyut6 mit6 jue2 mie4 = vanish, to become extinct; to exterminate

湮滅 jan1 mit6 yan1 mie4 = become obscure; fall into oblivion; cease to exist

滅音器 mit6 jam1 hei3 mie4 yin1 qi4 = a silencer (on a gun)

滅罪 mit6 zeoi6 mie4 zui4 = stop crime; fight crime 粵

滅門 mit6 mun4 mie4 men2 = kill off the whole family

大規模毀滅性武器 daai6 kwai1 mou4 wai2 mit6 sing3 mou5 hei3 da4 gui1 mo2 hui3 mie4 xing4 wu3 qi4 = Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

滅火氈 mit6 fo2 zin1 mie4 huo3 zhan1 = fire blanket

滅火沙桶 mit6 fo2 saa1 tung2 mie4 huo3 sha1 tong3 = fire bucket, sand bucket

剿滅 ziu2 mit6 jiao3 mie4 = exterminate; annihilate

巴弗滅 baa1 fat1 mit6 ba1 fu2 mie4 = Baphomet

澌滅 si1 mit6 si1 mie4 = competely disappear; completely vanish

殄滅 tin5 mit6 tian3 mie4 = wipe out; decimate;annihilate; obliterate

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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