A devastating earthquake hit the state capital.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
毁灭性
destructive
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
destructive
02
devastating
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 毁灭性 actually appears in real sentences.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 毁灭性.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 毁灭性.
Directly before
- 一场毁灭性1
- 防止毁灭性1
Directly after
- 毁灭性的2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 毁灭性
What does 毁灭性 mean in Chinese?
毁灭性 (huǐmièxìng) means destructive.
How do you pronounce 毁灭性?
毁灭性 is pronounced huǐmièxìng.
Is 毁灭性 an HSK word?
毁灭性 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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