毁 huǐ
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 殳 — tool, weapon
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
毁灭
huǐmiè
to destroy; to annihilate
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 极端气候可能在短时间内毁灭脆弱的岛屿生态。 Jíduān qìhòu kěnéng zài duǎn shíjiān nèi huǐmiè cuìruò de dǎoyǔ shēngtài. Extreme climate events may destroy fragile island ecosystems in a short time.
- 一场大洪水几乎毁灭了整个村子。 Yì chǎng dà hóngshuǐ jīhū huǐmiè le zhěng ge cūnzi. A great flood almost wiped out the entire village.
- 电影里的科学家想阻止机器毁灭世界。 Diànyǐng lǐ de kēxuéjiā xiǎng zǔzhǐ jīqì huǐmiè shìjiè. In the film, the scientist tries to stop the machines from destroying the world.
Related words
- 摧毁 cuīhuǐ to destroy; to demolish; to wreck
- 毁 huǐ to destroy; to ruin
- 毁坏 huǐhuài to damage; to destroy
- 烧毁 shāohuǐ to burn down; to destroy by fire
- 销毁 xiāohuǐ to destroy; to dispose of officially
- 灭 miè to extinguish, to destroy
- 扑灭 pūmiè to extinguish
- 消灭 xiāomiè to annihilate
- 歼灭 jiānmiè to annihilate; to wipe out
- 灭绝 mièjué to become extinct; to exterminate
- 灭亡 mièwáng to perish; to collapse; to become extinct
- 破灭 pòmiè to be shattered; to be destroyed; to collapse