消灭 xiāomiè

HSK level

Traditional form

消滅

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

消 xiāo

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 shuǐ represents the meaning and 肖 Xiāo represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

肖 Xiāo

Semantic compound

氵 shuǐ

Positional decomposition

⿰氵肖

Number of Strokes

灭 miè

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of 滅 miè . Depicts water (氵 shuǐ ) being used to extinguish a fire (火 Huǒ ). 戌 xū is a sound component. The traditional component 氵 shuǐ was removed for simplification.

Positional decomposition

⿱一火

Number of Strokes

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成吉思汗 Chéng jí sī hán , 塔 tǎ 马兰 Mǎ lán 在 zài 狂热 kuáng rè 的 de 开疆拓土 Tǔ 中 Zhōng 消灭 xiāomiè 了 le 所有 suǒyǒu 反抗 fǎnkàng 他们 tā men 的 de 人 rén .

Khan, Tamerlans in the fury of conquest exterminated all who resisted them.

也许 yěxǔ 在 zài 海里 hǎi lǐ ,他 tā 可以 kěyǐ 恢复 huīfù 自制 zì zhì — 消灭 xiāomiè 这 zhè 阵 zhèn 狂热 kuáng rè .

Perhaps in the sea he could get back his control - lose this fever!

广播电台 guǎng bō diàn tái 声称 shēng chēng 已经 yǐjīng 消灭 xiāomiè 了 le 87,000名 míng “反动分子 fǎn dòng fèn zǐ ”。

The radio station claimed that 87,000 "reactionaries" had been eliminated.

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 消灭 xiāomiè and their own compounds.

消 xiāo

肖 Xiāo

小 xiǎo , 月 yuè

氵 shuǐ

灭 miè

一 yī , 火 Huǒ

See all 1 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 消灭 xiāomiè in their composition.

消 xiāo

灭 miè

滅 miè

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