EXTINGUISH  熄滅息／滅

CAUSE TO STOP BURNING.
DOUSEPUT OUTSTAMP OUTSMOTHERBEAT OUT
Antonym
Hypernym
  • STOPACT so as NOT to CONTINUE NOW:present ACTION.
    • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
      • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
        • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2....
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 ／

    Words

    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
    殺  shā OC: sreed MC: ʂɣɛt 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNto extinguish (fire)
    息卻  xī què OC: sqlɯɡ khaɡ MC: sɨk khi̯ɐk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)resultativeextinguigh by breathing > blow out (a candle)
    扇滅  shàn miè OC: qhjens med MC: ɕiɛn miɛt 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativeextinguish by fanning it
    虧滅  kuī miè OC: khʷral med MC: khiɛ miɛt 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNmiddle voiceget partly or wholly extinguished
    還滅  huán miè OC: ɡʷraan med MC: ɦɣan miɛt 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPieventget extinguished again

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: