灭绝
mièjué
to become extinct; to exterminate
Characters in this word
绝 jué
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 色 color, tint, hue, shade
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 由于栖息地持续缩小，这种两栖动物面临灭绝风险。 Yóuyú qīxīdì chíxù suōxiǎo, zhè zhǒng liǎngqī dòngwù miànlín mièjué fēngxiǎn. As its habitat continues to shrink, this amphibian faces the risk of extinction.
- 恐龙在几千万年前就灭绝了。 Kǒnglóng zài jǐ qiān wàn nián qián jiù mièjué le. Dinosaurs became extinct tens of millions of years ago.
- 如果我们不保护森林，更多动物将会灭绝。 Rúguǒ wǒmen bù bǎohù sēnlín, gèng duō dòngwù jiāng huì mièjué. If we do not protect forests, more animals will go extinct.
Related words
- 灭 miè to extinguish, to destroy
- 扑灭 pūmiè to extinguish
- 消灭 xiāomiè to annihilate
- 毁灭 huǐmiè to destroy; to annihilate
- 歼灭 jiānmiè to annihilate; to wipe out
- 灭亡 mièwáng to perish; to collapse; to become extinct
- 破灭 pòmiè to be shattered; to be destroyed; to collapse
- 熄灭 xīmiè to go out; to extinguish
- 绝对 juéduì absolutely
- 拒绝 jùjué to refuse
- 绝望 juéwàng despair
- 杜绝 dùjué to put an end to; to prevent entirely