miè jué

Traditional: 滅絕

HSK 7–9

灭绝 (miè jué) is a Chinese word meaning “to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely; to exterminate”.

Meanings

  1. 1to become extinct; to die out
  2. 2to lose (sth abstract) completely
  3. 3to exterminate
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 灭绝

灭miè · to extinguish or put out绝jué · to cut short

Related words

绝对absolute; unconditional拒绝to refuse; to decline; to reject绝不in no way; not in the least; absolutely not绝to cut short绝variant of 絕|绝[jue2]毁灭to perish绝望to despair消灭to put an end to灭to extinguish or put out绝妙exquisite灭亡to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out熄灭to stop burning

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