HSK 6 · Verbs

消灭 xiāomiè “to wipe out” in Chinese

Traditional 消滅

What 消灭 means

  1. to wipe out
  2. to eliminate
  3. to put an end to
  4. to annihilate
  5. to cause to perish
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to perish
  • annihilation (in quantum field theory)

How to say 消灭

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale消xiāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale灭miè4th tone, falling

消灭 in a sentence

  1. 他们奋斗的目标是消灭天花。

    Tāmen fèndòu de mùbiāo shì xiāomiè tiānhuā.

    Their goal is to wipe out smallpox.

    Sentence #3576063 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 消灭 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 消 (xiāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
消xiāoto diminish; to subside
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 肖to resemble · xiàoSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 肖 (xiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiāo.

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 消灭

消 10 strokes · 灭 5 strokes

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

Words related to 消灭

Words with 消

消息xiāoxi · news消化xiāohuà · to digest (food or information)取消qǔxiāo · to cancel消失xiāoshī · to disappear消极xiāojí · negative消费xiāofèi · to consume消毒xiāodú · to disinfect消除xiāochú · to eliminate消耗xiāohào · to consume消防xiāofáng · firefighting

Words with 灭

毁灭huǐmiè · to destroy熄灭xīmiè · to go out灭亡mièwáng · to perish

More words: Common Verbs

削xiāo · to peel消除xiāochú · to eliminate消耗xiāohào · to consume销毁xiāohuǐ · to destroy (by burning or melting)携带xiédài · to carry (on one’s person)协助xiézhù · to assist熄灭xīmiè · to go out牺牲xīshēng · to sacrifice

FAQs

消灭 (xiāomiè) means “to wipe out” or “to eliminate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiāomiè: xiāo with a 1st 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, 消灭 is written 消滅. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiaomie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 消灭 from the suggestions. Typing xiaomie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
消灭 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.