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熄灭

Traditional 熄滅

xī miè

to stop burning

HSK 7–9

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Meanings

xī miè 熄滅

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

Its characters

In sentences

火huǒ熄灭xī miè了le。The fire was out. #5670739

蜡烛là zhú自然zì rán熄灭xī miè。The candle went out by itself. #349269

蜡烛là zhú是shì自己zì jǐ熄灭xī miè的de,而ér不是bù shì被bèi扑灭pū miè的de。The candle went out instead of having been put out. #733591