销毁 meaning in English

xiāohuǐ

to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 銷毀25 strokes

Meaning of 销毁

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiāohuǐ
  1. to destroy (by melting or burning)
  2. to obliterate

销毁 in example sentences

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

这zhè则zé讯xùn息xī将jiāng在zài五wǔ秒miǎo后hòu自zì动dòng销xiāo毁huǐ。
This message will self-destruct in five seconds.
我wǒ们men得de销xiāo毁huǐ证zhèng据jù。
We must destroy the evidence.

Stroke order for each character

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销 xiāo · to melt · 12 strokes

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毁 huǐ · to destroy · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 销毁.

销售xiāoshòuto sell; to market
推销tuīxiāoto market; to sell
促销cùxiāoto promote sales
撤销chèxiāoto cancel; to revoke; to rescind; (computing) to undo
摧毁cuīhuǐto destroy; to wreck
毁灭huǐmièto perish; to ruin
烧毁shāohuǐto destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
毁坏huǐhuàito damage; to devastate
开销kāixiāoto pay (expenses); expenses
畅销chàngxiāoto sell well; bestselling; chart-topping
销量xiāoliàngsales volume
吊销diàoxiāoto suspend (an agreement); to revoke

Questions about 销毁

What does 销毁 mean?

销毁 (xiāohuǐ) means "to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 销毁?

销毁 is made of 2 characters: 销 (12 strokes), 毁 (13 strokes). That is 25 strokes in total.

Is 销毁 an HSK word?

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

How is 销毁 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 销毁 is written 銷毀.