扑灭, pūmiè
Meaning: to put out, to extinguish
HSK 6 word
Example
大火很快被扑灭了。
Dà huǒ hěn kuài bèi pūmiè le.
The fire was quickly put out.
More HSK 6 words
- 突发tūfāto happen suddenly, sudden, unexpected
- 爆炸bàozhàto explode, explosion
- 爆bàoto burst, to explode
- 消防xiāofángfirefighting, fire prevention
- 灭mièto go out (fire, light), to put out, to destroy
- 点燃diǎnránto light, to ignite
- 火柴huǒcháimatch (for lighting)
- 救援jiùyuánto rescue, rescue
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