| 消灭 | xiāo miè | to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory) |
| 灭 | miè | to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown |
| 灭亡 | miè wáng | to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate |
| 毁灭 | huǐ miè | perish; ruin; destroy |
| 熄灭 | xī miè | to stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished |
| 扑灭 | pū miè | to eradicate; to extinguish |
| 歼灭 | jiān miè | to wipe out; to crush; to annihilate |
| 灭菌 | miè jūn | to sterilize |
| 灭火 | miè huǒ | to extinguish a fire; firefighting |
| 覆灭 | fù miè | destruction |
| 破灭 | pò miè | to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc) |
| 灭绝 | miè jué | to extinguish; extinct; to die out |
| 灭火器 | miè huǒ qì | fire extinguisher |
| 不可磨灭 | bù kě mó miè | indelible |
| 幻灭 | huàn miè | to disillusion; disillusionment; vanishing (illusions, hopes, aspirations etc) |
| 磨灭 | mó miè | to obliterate; to erase |
| 剿灭 | jiǎo miè | to eliminate (by armed force) |
| 亡国灭种 | wáng guó miè zhǒng | country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction |
人不为己，
天诛地灭 | rén bù wèi jǐ ,
tiān zhū dì miè | Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.; Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost. |
| 假途灭虢 | jiǎ tú miè Guó | lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner |
| 半明不灭 | bàn míng bù miè | a poor light but nevertheless inextinguishable (idiom) |
| 吞灭 | tūn miè | to absorb |
| 大灭绝 | dà miè jué | global extinction |
| 大绝灭 | dà jué miè | mass extinction |
| 大义灭亲 | dà yì miè qīn | to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it |
| 夷灭 | yí miè | to massacre; to die out |
| 寂灭 | jì miè | to die out; to fade away; nirvana (Buddhism) |
| 已灭 | yǐ miè | extinct |
| 扶清灭洋 | fú Qīng miè yáng | Support the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan) |
| 攻灭 | gōng miè | to conquer; to defeat (militarily) |
| 断灭 | duàn miè | annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) |
| 断灭论 | duàn miè lùn | annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda) |
| 族灭 | zú miè | to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old) |
| 杀灭 | shā miè | to exterminate |
| 泯灭 | mǐn miè | to obliterate; to die out; to disappear |
| 沦灭 | lún miè | to perish; extinction |
| 淹灭 | yān miè | to submerge; to flood; to bury |
| 湮灭 | yīn miè | to destroy; to disappear; annihilation |
| 灭失 | miè shī | loss (of sth through natural disaster, theft etc) (law) |
| 灭度 | miè dù | to extinguish worries and the sea of grief; nirvana (Buddhism) |
| 灭掉 | miè diào | to eliminate |
| 灭族 | miè zú | extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment) |
| 灭此朝食 | miè cǐ zhāo shí | lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed; anxious to do battle (idiom) |
| 灭种 | miè zhǒng | to commit genocide; to become extinct; extinction of a race |
| 灭种罪 | miè zhǒng zuì | genocide |
| 灭绝人性 | miè jué rén xìng | savage; cannibalistic |
| 灭绝种族 | miè jué zhǒng zú | genocide |
| 灭茬 | miè chá | to clear stubble from fields (agriculture) |
| 灭虫宁 | miè chóng nìng | bephenium, anti-parasitic worm medicine |
| 灭门 | miè mén | to exterminate an entire family |
