毁灭 huǐmiè▶ ruina

Stroke order

毁灭 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 毁 — 13 strokes
• 灭 — 5 strokes

Senses

1. to perish
2. to ruin
3. to destroy

Related words

• 消灭eliminar
• 灭亡perecer
• 熄灭apagar; salir
• 销毁destruir fundiendo o quemando

毁灭 is pronounced huǐmiè and means “ruina”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 毁灭 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.