熄灭 meaning in English
to stop burning; to go out (of fire)
Traditional 熄滅19 strokes
Meaning of 熄灭
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
xīmiè
- to stop burning
- to go out (of fire)
- to die out
- extinguished
熄灭 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
火自然熄灭了。
The fire went out by itself.
火熄灭了。
The fire was out.
蜡烛是自己熄灭的，而不是被扑灭的。
The candle went out instead of having been put out.
蜡烛自然熄灭。
The candle went out by itself.
Stroke order for each character
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熄 xī · to extinguish · 14 strokes
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灭 miè · to extinguish or put out · 5 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 熄灭.
| 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 |
| 熄火 | xīhuǒ | (of fire, lamp etc) to go out; to put out (fire) |
| 歼灭 | jiānmiè | to wipe out; to crush |
| 破灭 | pòmiè | to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc) |
| 灭火 | mièhuǒ | to extinguish a fire; firefighting |
| 熄灯 | xīdēng | turn out the lights; lights out |
| 毁灭性 | huǐmièxìng | destructive; devastating |
| 灭口 | mièkǒu | to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret; to silence sb |
| 扑灭 | pūmiè | to eradicate; to extinguish |
Questions about 熄灭
What does 熄灭 mean?
熄灭 (xīmiè) means "to stop burning; to go out (of fire)".
How do you write 熄灭?
熄灭 is made of 2 characters: 熄 (14 strokes), 灭 (5 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.
How is 熄灭 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 熄灭 is written 熄滅.