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how to write mie(extinguish) in chinese

灭

pinyinmiè
radicals火Stroke count5
eanglish meaningextinguish; put out; turn off; go out

Stroke order of the Chinese character "灭" (mie)

Handwriting

v. （熄灭） (of a light or fire) go out:

1. 火灭了。
The fire has gone out.

2. 煤油灯闪了闪就灭了。
With a flash, the kerosene lamp went out.

v. （使熄灭） extinguish; put out; turn off:

1. 灭灯
turn off the light; blow out the lamp;

2. 扑灭
extinguish a fire

v. （淹没） submerge; inundate; drown:

1. 灭顶
be drowned

v. （消灭; 灭亡） destroy; perish:

1. 自灭
perish of itself;run its course;

2. 破灭
be destroyed

v. （使不存在; 使消灭） wipe out; blot out; exterminate:

1. 灭种
exterminate an entire race;

2. 灭蝇
kill flies;

3. 歼灭敌人
annihilate the enemy;

4. 长他人志气，灭自己威风
boost other people's morale and reduce one's own courage