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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xī | xi1
English translation
to extinguish
to put out (fire)
to quench
to stop burning
to go out (of fire, lamp etc)
to come to an end
to wither away
to die out
Taiwan pr. [xí]
to extinguish, to put out, to quench

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Huǒ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To end a flame  Huǒ also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

火息

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qǐng 乘客 chéng kè zài 飞机 fēijī 起飞 qǐfēi qián 熄灭 xīmiè 香烟 xiāng yān .

Would passengers please put out cigarettes before the commencement of the flight.

同时 tóngshí Bái 蛋白 dàn bái 甲胎蛋白 de 合成 héchéng bèi 熄灭 xīmiè .

At the same time that albumin and fetoprotein synthesis is extinguished.

这里 zhè lǐ 禁止 jìnzhǐ yān , qǐng jiāng nín de yān 熄灭 xīmiè .

Smoking is forbidden here. Please put your cigarette out.

一旦 yīdàn 大火 dà huǒ 熄灭 xīmiè 救援 jiù yuán 小组 xiǎo zǔ jiù huì 马上 mǎshàng 进入 jìn rù

Once the fire has died out, the salvage team will move in.

格拉斯停好车 le Huǒ

Glass parked the car and switched the engine off.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
熄灭 xīmiè to stop burning熄滅
to extinguish
熄火 xī huǒ to put out (fire)熄火 xī huǒ
熄灯 xī dēng lights out熄燈

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Decomposition

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