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销毁

xiāo huǐ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 銷毀

销毁 (xiāo huǐ) means "to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 销毁 means

1. to destroy (by melting or burning)
2. to obliterate

The characters in 销毁

• 销xiāoto melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell
• 毁huǐto destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander

Example sentences

• 我们得销毁证据。
  We must destroy the evidence.
• 这则讯息将在五秒后自动销毁。
  Zhè zé xùnxí jiāng zài wǔ miǎo hòu zìdòng xiāohuǐ.
  This message will self-destruct in five seconds.

Where 销毁 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · xiàng–xiào (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiāo huǐ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.