灭绝 meaning in English

mièjué

to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 滅絕14 strokes

Meaning of 灭绝

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mièjué

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

渡dù渡dù鸟niǎo是shì已yǐ经jīng灭miè绝jué的de物wù种zhǒng。

The dodo is an already extinct species.

什shén么me样yàng的de人rén会huì将jiāng种zhǒng族zú灭miè绝jué者zhě，称chēng之zhī为wèi“英yīng雄xióng”？

What kind of person looks up to a genocidal killer and calls him a hero?

渡dù渡dù鸟niǎo是shì已yǐ灭miè绝jué的de动dòng物wù。

The dodo is an extinct animal.

恐kǒng龙lóng好hǎo久jiǔ以yǐ前qián就jiù灭miè绝jué了le。

Dinosaurs died out a very long time ago.

赌dǔ博bó网wǎng站zhàn让ràng用yòng户hù投tóu注zhù在zài将jiāng灭miè绝jué的de物wù种zhǒng上shàng，因yīn为wèi墨mò西xī哥gē湾wān漏lòu油yóu。

Gambling site lets users bet on which species will go extinct because of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Words that share a character with 灭绝.

绝对	juéduì	absolute; unconditional
拒绝	jùjué	to refuse; to decline; to reject
绝望	juéwàng	to despair; to give up all hope
消灭	xiāomiè	to put an end to; to annihilate
绝大多数	jué dàduōshù	the vast majority
毁灭	huǐmiè	to perish; to ruin
灭亡	mièwáng	to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
歼灭	jiānmiè	to wipe out; to crush
破灭	pòmiè	to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
绝招	juézhāo	unique skill; unexpected tricky move (as a last resort)
绝技	juéjì	consummate skill; supreme feat
滔滔不绝	tāotāo-bùjué	(idiom) to produce a torrent of words; to talk on and on

What does 灭绝 mean?

灭绝 (mièjué) means "to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 灭绝?

灭绝 is made of 2 characters: 灭 (5 strokes), 绝 (9 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 灭绝 an HSK word?

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

How is 灭绝 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 灭绝 is written 滅絕.