灭

miè

extinguish; wipe out, exterminate

How to write 灭, stroke by stroke

to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown

Ideographic: To cover 一 a flame 火

Made of 一 + 火

毁灭huǐ mièto perish; to ruin; to destroy
消灭xiāo mièto put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)
灭绝miè juéto become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely; to exterminate
灭亡miè wángto be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
熄灭xī mièto stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished
歼灭jiān mièto wipe out; to crush; to annihilate
灭火miè huǒto extinguish a fire; firefighting
毁灭性huǐ miè xìngdestructive; devastating
破灭pò mièto be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
灭口miè kǒuto kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret; to silence sb
扑灭pū mièto eradicate; to extinguish
灭掉miè diàoto eliminate

没有你的话，我的生命就毁灭了。
méi yǒu nǐ de huà ， wǒ de shēng mìng jiù huǐ miè le 。
Life's a ruin without you.
从古到今，没有过不灭亡的国家。
cóng gǔ dào jīn ， méi yǒu guò bú miè wáng de guó jiā 。
There has never been a nation that was not eventually destroyed.
他们奋斗的目标是消灭天花。
tā men fèn dòu de mù biāo shì xiāo miè tiān huā 。
They are struggling with the goal of wiping out smallpox.
这是一个濒临灭绝的物种。
zhè shì yí gè bīn lín miè jué de wù zhǒng 。
It is an endangered species.
蜡烛自然熄灭。
là zhú zì rán xī miè 。
The candle went out by itself.