Chinese symbol for “annihilation”
消灭
xiāo miè
Traditional: 消滅
to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for annihilation is 消灭 (xiāo miè), defined as: to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “annihilation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 断灭 (斷滅) | duàn miè | annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) |
| 断灭论 (斷滅論) | duàn miè lùn | annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 消灭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 消息 | xiāo xi | (piece of) news; information; message |
| 取消 | qǔ xiāo | to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind |
| 消费 (消費) | xiāo fèi | to consume (goods and services, resources etc) |
| 消失 | xiāo shī | to disappear; to fade away |
| 消费者 (消費者) | xiāo fèi zhě | consumer |
| 毁灭 (毀滅) | huǐ miè | to perish; to ruin |
| 灭亡 (滅亡) | miè wáng | to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate |
| 灭绝 (滅絕) | miè jué | to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely |
See also: Japanese symbol for “annihilation”.
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