EXTINGUISH    熄滅息／滅

CAUSE TO STOP BURNING.
DOUSEPUT OUTSTAMP OUTSMOTHERBEAT OUT
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for extinguishing a fire is xí 息. 2. Miè 滅 "destroy" is occasionally used to refer to the extinguishing of fires.
Modern Chinese Criteria
熄滅 熄 扑滅 平息 is used figuratively for extinguishing or suppression a social conflagration and the like and is certainly marginal in the group. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
Hypernym
  • STOP　ACT so as NOT to CONTINUE NOW:present ACTION. (anc: 12/0, child: 10)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)

Words (9 items)

滅  miè OC: med MC: miɛt 11 Attributions

Miè 滅 "destroy" is occasionally used to refer to the extinguishing of fires.

    Syntactic words
  • vt(oN)extinguish the contextually determinate N
  • vtoNextinguish (fire)
  • vtoNfigurative"extinguish"
  • vtoNmiddle voicego out, be extinguished (as of lamps or candles)
  • vtoNpassivebe extinguished (a fire)
救  jiù OC: kus MC: kɨu 6 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNextinguish
  • vtoNpassivebe extinguished
息  xī OC: sqlɯɡ MC: sɨk 4 Attributions

The standard word for extinguishing a fire is xí 息.

    Syntactic words
  • vt(oN)extinguish
  • vtoNextinguish; (extinguish by breathing on it > blow out (a candle)
  • vtoNpassivebe extinguished 可息
寂滅  jì miè OC: sɡlɯɯwɡ med MC: dzek miɛt 2 Attributions

used as descriptive syn. to nirvāṇa 涅槃; skr. nirvṛti, pali nibbuti [CA]

    Syntactic words
  • NPabBUDDH: peace and extinction, destruction (of defilements); cessation (used as descriptive syn. to nirvāṇa 涅槃; skr. nirvṛti, pali nibbuti
  • VPtoNpassiveBUDDH: be extinct > have ceased into nirvāṇa
息卻  xī què OC: sqlɯɡ khaɡ MC: sɨk khi̯ɐk 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPt(oN)resultativeextinguigh by breathing > blow out (a candle)
虧滅  kuī miè OC: khʷral med MC: khiɛ miɛt 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNmiddle voiceget partly or wholly extinguished
扇滅  shàn miè OC: qhjens med MC: ɕiɛn miɛt 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNresultativeextinguish by fanning it
殺  shā OC: sreed MC: ʂɣɛt 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNto extinguish (fire)
還滅  huán miè OC: ɡʷraan med MC: ɦɣan miɛt 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPieventget extinguished again