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熄灭

xī miè

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 熄滅

What 熄灭 means

1. to stop burning
2. to go out (of fire)
3. to die out
4. extinguished

The characters in 熄灭

• 熄xīto extinguish; to put out (fire); to quench
• 灭mièto extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out

Example sentences

• 火熄灭了。
  Huǒ xīmiè le.
  The fire was out.
• 火自然熄灭了。
  Huǒ zìrán xīmiè le.
  The fire went out by itself.
• 蜡烛自然熄灭。
  Làzhú zìrán xīmiè.
  The candle went out by itself.