消灭 xiāomiè▶ eliminar

Stroke order

消灭 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 消 — 10 strokes
• 灭 — 5 strokes

Senses

1. to put an end to
2. to annihilate
3. to cause to perish
4. to perish
5. annihilation (in quantum field theory)

Related words

• 毁灭ruina
• 消毒Desinfección
• 消耗consumir
• 消防Control de incendios
• 消除eliminar
• 灭亡perecer

消灭 is pronounced xiāomiè and means “eliminar”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 消灭 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.