粵

熄sik1滅mit6

simp熄灭
sik1 mit6xī miè

English

  1. to stop burning
  2. (of fire or lights) to be extinguished; to be put out; to go out
  3. to go out (of fire)
  4. to die out
  5. extinguished

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔再燃燒,火光消失

Examples

  • 大火燒咗廿四個鐘頭先至熄滅。

    The fire was finally put out after 24 hours.

  • 火熄灭了。

    The fire was out.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 火自然熄滅了。

    The fire went out by itself.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 蜡烛自然熄灭。

    The candle went out by itself.

    Tatoeba · zhouj1955 CC BY

  • 蜡烛是自己熄灭的,而不是被扑灭的。

    The candle went out instead of having been put out.

    Tatoeba · mcq CC BY

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

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