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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 湮灭

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
湮灭 yān miè - to sink into oblivion; to bury in obscurity

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 24,224 46,283 34,033

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
湮 yān- (literary) to sink into oblivion
- (literary) to silt up
- Taiwan pr. [yin1]
湮 yīn- variant of 洇[yin1]
灭 miè- to extinguish or put out
- to go out (of a fire etc)
- to exterminate or wipe out
- to drown

Other Words Containing 湮灭

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
湮灭 - - 24,224 46,283 34,033