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消灭

Traditional: 消滅

xiāo miè

HSK 3.0 · 6HSK 2.0 · 5

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

xiāo miè · siu1 mit6 (Jyutping)

  1. to put an end to
  2. to annihilate
  3. to cause to perish
  4. to perish
  5. annihilation (in quantum field theory)

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

消

Meaning
vanish, die out; melt away
Radical
氵
Strokes
10
Components
⿰氵肖
Cangjie
EFB
Four-corner
3912.7

灭

Meaning
extinguish; wipe out, exterminate
Radical
火
Strokes
5
Components
⿱一火
Cangjie
XMF
Four-corner
1080

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