HSK 6 · Verbs

毁灭 huǐmiè “to destroy” in Chinese

Traditional 毀滅

What 毁灭 means

  1. to destroy
  2. to ruin
  3. destruction
  4. to perish

How to say 毁灭

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale毁huǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale灭miè4th tone, falling

毁灭 in a sentence

  1. 改变同时蕴含着新生与毁灭。

    Gǎibiàn tóngshí yùnhán zhe xīnshēng yǔ huǐmiè.

    Change holds both rebirth and destruction at the same time.

    Sentence #13882177 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 没有你的话，我的生命就毁灭了。

    Méiyǒu nǐ de huà, wǒ de shēngmìng jiù huǐmiè le.

    Without you, my life would be ruined.

    Sentence #392272 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 毁灭 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 毁 (huǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
毁huǐto destroy; to ruin
  • 臼mortar · jiù
  • 工work · gōng
  • 殳weapon · shū
The character 灭 (miè) with each of its parts in a different colour
灭mièto extinguish or put out
  • 一one · yī
  • 火fire · huǒ

How to write 毁灭

毁 13 strokes · 灭 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

毁灭 (huǐmiè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 毁灭 (huǐmiè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 毁灭

Words with 毁

销毁xiāohuǐ · to destroy (by burning or melting)

Words with 灭

消灭xiāomiè · to wipe out熄灭xīmiè · to go out灭亡mièwáng · to perish

More words: Common Verbs

晃huàng · to sway缓和huǎnhé · to ease还原huányuán · to restore回避huíbì · to avoid混合hùnhé · to mix加剧jiājù · to intensify溅jiàn · to splash拣jiǎn · to pick

FAQs

毁灭 (huǐmiè) means “to destroy” or “to ruin”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it huǐmiè: huǐ with a 3rd tone, then miè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 毁灭 is written 毀滅. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huimie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 毁灭 from the suggestions. Typing huimie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
毁灭 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.