灭亡 meaning in English
to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
Meaning of 灭亡
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
mièwáng
- to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out
- to destroy; to exterminate
灭亡 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
从古到今，没有过不灭亡的国家。
There has never been a nation that was not eventually destroyed.
核战争将会为人类带来灭亡。
A nuclear war will bring about the destruction of mankind.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
灭 miè · to extinguish or put out · 5 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
亡 wáng · death · 3 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
Related words
Words that share a character with 灭亡.
| 死亡 | sǐwáng | to die; death |
| 消灭 | xiāomiè | to put an end to; to annihilate |
| 伤亡 | shāngwáng | casualties; injuries and deaths |
| 毁灭 | huǐmiè | to perish; to ruin |
| 逃亡 | táowáng | to flee; to go into exile |
| 灭绝 | mièjué | to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely |
| 歼灭 | jiānmiè | to wipe out; to crush |
| 破灭 | pòmiè | to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc) |
| 亡羊补牢 | wángyáng-bǔláo | lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly |
| 身亡 | shēnwáng | to die |
| 熄灭 | xīmiè | to stop burning; to go out (of fire) |
| 阵亡 | zhènwáng | to die in battle |
Questions about 灭亡
What does 灭亡 mean?
灭亡 (mièwáng) means "to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 灭亡?
灭亡 is made of 2 characters: 灭 (5 strokes), 亡 (3 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.
Is 灭亡 an HSK word?
Yes. 灭亡 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 灭亡 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 灭亡 is written 滅亡.