扑灭 meaning in English

pūmiè

to eradicate; to extinguish

Traditional 撲滅10 strokes

Meaning of 扑灭

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pūmiè

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要yào即jí时shí扑pū灭miè那nà火huǒ灾zāi并bìng不bù容róng易yì。

It was not easy to put out the fire at once.

汤tāng姆mǔ试shì著zhù用yòng灭miè火huǒ器qì把bǎ火huǒ扑pū灭miè。

Tom used a fire extinguisher to try and put the fire out.

消xiāo防fáng队duì员yuán很hěn快kuài就jiù把bǎ火huǒ扑pū灭miè了le。

The firemen soon put out the fire.

消xiāo防fáng队duì员yuán把bǎ火huǒ扑pū灭miè了le。

The fire fighters put out the fire.

蜡là烛zhú是shì自zì己jǐ熄xī灭miè的de，而ér不bú是shì被bèi扑pū灭miè的de。

The candle went out instead of having been put out.

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Words that share a character with 扑灭.

消灭	xiāomiè	to put an end to; to annihilate
毁灭	huǐmiè	to perish; to ruin
灭绝	mièjué	to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely
灭亡	mièwáng	to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
扑克	pūkè	poker (game) (loanword); playing cards
歼灭	jiānmiè	to wipe out; to crush
破灭	pòmiè	to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
红扑扑	hóngpūpū	red; rosy
扑面而来	pūmiàn-érlái	lit. sth hits one in the face; directly in one's face
熄灭	xīmiè	to stop burning; to go out (of fire)
灭火	mièhuǒ	to extinguish a fire; firefighting
毁灭性	huǐmièxìng	destructive; devastating

What does 扑灭 mean?

扑灭 (pūmiè) means "to eradicate; to extinguish".

How do you write 扑灭?

扑灭 is made of 2 characters: 扑 (5 strokes), 灭 (5 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

How is 扑灭 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 扑灭 is written 撲滅.