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消滅
简 消灭 · 繁 消滅Mandarin · pinyin xiāo miè
Meanings
- to put an end to
- to annihilate
- to cause to perish
- to perish
- annihilation (in quantum field theory)
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1–4 · xiao1 mie4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
siu1 mit6
Cantonese word readings for 消滅. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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siu1 mit6
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verb
- (transitive) to wipe out; to eliminate; to exterminate; to annihilate; to cause (something) to perish
- (intransitive) to die out; to become extinct; to perish
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