粵

滅mit6亡mong4

simp灭亡
mit6 mong4miè wáng

English

  1. to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out
  2. to become extinct; to die out; to perish
  3. to destroy; to exterminate

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 消滅而無法存續

Examples

  • 自取滅亡

    to dig one's own grave; to court disaster

  • 大清喺1912年滅亡。

    The Qing dynasty fell in 1912.

  • 上帝要你滅亡,必先令你瘋狂。

    Those whom God wishes to destroy, He first drives mad.

  • 我哋一定要識得做兄弟噉生活。 如果唔係我哋會成為傻仔一齊滅亡。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 核戰爭將會為人類帶來滅亡。

    A nuclear war will bring about the destruction of mankind.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 从古到今,没有过不灭亡的国家。

    There has never been a nation that was not eventually destroyed.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

  • 罗马帝国灭亡的其中一个主要原因是他们没有0 —— 这样他们就没法给自己的C程序指明成功退出的路。

    An important reason for the fall of the Roman Empire was that they had no zero. So they had no way of demonstrating a successful exit of their C programs.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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