毁灭 meaning in English

huǐmiè

to perish; to ruin

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 毀滅18 strokes

Meaning of 毁灭

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huǐmiè

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

没méi有yǒu你nǐ的de话huà，我wǒ的de生shēng命mìng就jiù毁huǐ灭miè了le。

Life's a ruin without you.

人rén不bú是shì为wèi失shī败bài而ér生shēng的de, 一yí个gè人rén可kě以yǐ被bèi毁huǐ灭miè, 但dàn不bù能néng给gěi打dǎ败bài。

But a man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

一yī场cháng毁huǐ灭miè性xìng的de地dì震zhèn袭xí击jī了le这zhè个ge州zhōu的de首shǒu府fǔ。

A devastating earthquake hit the state capital.

在zài人rén类lèi自zì我wǒ毁huǐ灭miè的de边biān缘yuán，第dì一yī次cì接jiē触chù成chéng了le福fú音yīn。

First Contact became humanity's salvation as it was at the brink of self-destruction.

如rú果guǒ人rén类lèi不bù好hǎo好hǎo保bǎo护hù大dà自zì然rán，大dà自zì然rán说shuō不bù定dìng会huì反fǎn过guò来lái把bǎ人rén类lèi毁huǐ灭miè。

If mankind doesn't take care of the environment, the environment may eliminate mankind.

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Words that share a character with 毁灭.

消灭	xiāomiè	to put an end to; to annihilate
摧毁	cuīhuǐ	to destroy; to wreck
烧毁	shāohuǐ	to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
销毁	xiāohuǐ	to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate
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
毁坏	huǐhuài	to damage; to devastate
歼灭	jiānmiè	to wipe out; to crush
破灭	pòmiè	to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
毁掉	huǐdiào	to destroy
坠毁	zhuìhuǐ	(of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash
炸毁	zhàhuǐ	to blow up; to destroy with explosives

What does 毁灭 mean?

毁灭 (huǐmiè) means "to perish; to ruin" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 毁灭?

毁灭 is made of 2 characters: 毁 (13 strokes), 灭 (5 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 毁灭 an HSK word?

Yes. 毁灭 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 毁灭 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 毁灭 is written 毀滅.