消灭 xiāomiè▶ menghilangkan

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Merusak; Reruntuhan
• 消毒Disinfeksi
• 消耗mengkonsumsi
• 消防Pengendalian api
• 消除menghilangkan
• 灭亡binasa

消灭 is pronounced xiāomiè and means “menghilangkan”. 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.