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毁

huǐ

HSK 6 Character Traditional 毀

What 毁 means

1. to destroy; to ruin
2. to defame; to slander

Other readings

毁 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• huǐto destroy by fire
• huǐvariant of {毁|huǐ}; to defame; to slander

Example sentences

• 飞机坠毁了。
  The plane crashed.
• 玛丽毁了我。
  Mary ruined me.
• 摧毁这个寺庙。
  Destroy this temple.
• 他的形象全毁了。
  Tā de xíngxiàng quán huǐ le.
  His image is completely ruined.
• 怀疑会毁掉友情。
  Suspicion is destructive of friendship.
• 我们得销毁证据。
  We must destroy the evidence.

Words starting with 毁

• 毁灭huǐ mièto perish; to ruin; to destroy
• 毁掉huǐ diàoto destroy
• 毁坏huǐ huàito damage; to devastate; to vandalize
• 毁灭性huǐ miè xìngdestructive; devastating
• 毁容huǐ róngto disfigure; to spoil the beauty of
• 毁于一旦huǐ yú yī dàn(idiom) ruined in a short time…
• 毁伤huǐ shāngto injure; to damage
• 毁损huǐ sǔnimpair, damage
• 毁约huǐ yuēto break a promise; breach of contract
• 毁除huǐ chúto destroy
• 毁谤huǐ bàngslander; libel; to malign; to disparage
• 毁家纾难huǐ jiā shū nànto sacrifice one's wealth to save the state (idiom)
• 毁三观huǐ sān guān(net slang) (of a situation, video clip etc) to make one think "wtf!"
• 毁誉参半huǐ yù cān bàn(idiom) to receive both praise and criticism; to get mixed reviews

Words containing 毁

• 销毁xiāo huǐto destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate
• 摧毁cuī huǐto destroy; to wreck
• 烧毁shāo huǐto destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
• 诋毁dǐ huǐto vilify; to slander; vilification
• 炸毁zhà huǐto blow up; to destroy with explosives
• 坠毁zhuì huǐ(of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash
• 捣毁dǎo huǐto destroy; to smash; sabotage
• 焚毁fén huǐto burn down; to destroy with fire
• 撕毁sī huǐto tear up; to rip up; too shred
• 损毁sǔn huǐto damage; to wreck; to destroy
• 拆毁chāi huǐto demolish; to tear down
• 平毁píng huǐto raze to the ground; to demolish
• 击毁jī huǐto attack and destroy
• 自毁zì huǐto destroy one's (reputation etc); (of a device etc) to self-destruct
• 相互保证毁灭xiāng hù bǎo zhèng huǐ mièmutual assured destruction
• 撞毁zhuàng huǐto smash
• 哀毁骨立āi huǐ gǔ lì(idiom) to become emaciated from grief, esp. while mourning the death of a parent
• 崩毁bēng huǐto collapse; to cave in
• 熔毁róng huǐmeltdown; (of nuclear fuel) to melt down
• 砸毁zá huǐto destroy; to smash
• 黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi mínglit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells…
• 宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚nìng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huǐ yī zhuāng hūnrather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)
• 哀毁瘠立āi huǐ jí lìsee 哀毁骨立
• 千里之堤，毁于蚁穴qiān lǐ zhī dī , huǐ yú yǐ xuésee 千里之堤，千里之堤，溃于蚁穴

Characters that look like 毁

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 腊làancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month…
• 愉yúpleased
• 赎shúto redeem; to ransom
• 腔qiāng(bound form) cavity; (bound form) speech; talk; tune
• 跤jiāoa tumble; a fall
• 缇tíorange-red silk; orange-red colored

Sounds the same

Read huǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 悔(bound form) to regret; to repent
• 虺mythical venomous snake