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熄灭

xī miè · xi mie

Traditional 熄滅

Old HSK 6

Meaning

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

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The lights go out

  1. Dengdeng

    灯(dēng)怎么(zěnme)突然(tūrán)熄灭(xīmiè)了(le)？

    Why did the light suddenly go out?

  2. Liangliang

    是不是(shìbùshì)停电(tíngdiàn)了(le)？

    Is there a power cut?

  3. Dengdeng

    窗外(chuāngwài)的(de)灯(dēng)没有(méiyǒu)熄灭(xīmiè)，只有(zhǐyǒu)我们(wǒmen)家(jiā)。

    The lights outside didn't go out. Only our home.

  4. Liangliang

    哦(ò)，我(wǒ)刚才(gāngcái)想(xiǎng)省电(shěngdiàn)，把(bǎ)总开关(zǒngkāiguān)关(guān)了(le)。

    Oh, I just turned off the main switch to save power.

  5. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)你(nǐ)把(bǎ)我(wǒ)的(de)电脑(diànnǎo)也(yě)关(guān)了(le)，作业(zuòyè)还(hái)没(méi)存(cún)啊(a)！

    But you turned off my computer too, and my homework wasn't saved!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

蜡(là)烛(zhú)是(shì)自(zì)己(jǐ)熄(xī)灭(miè)的(de)，而(ér)不(bú)是(shì)被(bèi)扑(pū)灭(miè)的(de)。

The candle went out instead of having been put out.

Tatoeba: Chinese by mcq · English by mcq · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

风(fēng)一(yì)吹(chuī)，篝(gōu)火(huǒ)就(jiù)熄(xī)灭(miè)了(le)。

As soon as the wind blew, the campfire went out.

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