灭

The character "灭" has 5 strokes. "灭" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "灭" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "灭" are "miè" . View the stroke order of "灭">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "灭"

v.: (of a light, fire, etc) go out; extinguish; put out; turn off; submerge; drown; disappear; perish; annihilate; do away with; eradicate; destroy; exterminate; wipe out

• extinguish : v.扑灭；使（火；光）熄灭；使消亡；使破灭；迫使…沉默；偿清；取消；使无效
• put out : 扑灭；出版
• turn off : 关；让人倒胃口, 让人扫兴；转上另一条路
• submerge : v.浸没；淹没；潜入水中；没入水中；湮没；湮灭；使沉浸
• drown : v.淹死；溺死；淹没；浸没；将…溺毙；使溺死；使淹死；盖过；淹没于（或受困于）大量的某物中；给食物盖
• disappear : v.消失；看不见；不再存在；不再使用；丢失；无法找到；失踪；被杀害
• perish : v.死亡；经受酷寒；毁灭；消亡；被摧毁；老化；变质；腐烂；腐朽
• annihilate : v.毁灭；摧毁；彻底击溃；使（亚原子粒子）湮没；湮灭
• do away with : 废除, 消灭
• eradicate : v.根除；消灭
• destroy : v.毁灭；摧毁；彻底破坏；彻底毁掉；打破；毁掉；使…崩溃；彻底打败；以人道的方法杀死
• exterminate : v.根除；灭绝；消灭；杀
• wipe out : 完全摧毁；被浪打翻, 跌下

Form words with "灭"

灭四害 wipe out the four pests

Example phrases using "灭"

• 由于停电所有的灯都灭了。

  There was a blackout because of a power failure.

• 将灭的灰烬冒出最后火星。

  The dying embers sparked their last.

• 白银价格跌到了公元４７６年西罗马帝国灭之前地中海沿岸及近东地区其他各地通常的价位。

  The price of silver fell to that obtaining elsewhere in the ancient world.

• 他再点一次，下一盏街灯也灭了。

  He clicked it again — the next lamp flickered into darkness.

• 灯都是灭着的。他的狗也不见了。

  The lights were off. His dog was gone.

• 然后灯就灭了，就听见一声巨响。

  Then the lights went out. I heard a crash.

• 克制我的脾气；用喷雾剂灭农业害虫

  Kept my temper in check; holding agricultural pests in check with sprays.

• 用小苏打窒息灭小规模的火灾.

  Put out small fires out by smothering it with baking soda.

• 熄灭（火等），灭（火）；扑灭

  Extinguish (v. ): put out(a fire, etc. ); quench; smother

• 旧时光永不灭, 只是间凋零.

  Old days never die, they just lade away.