消亡

xiāowáng

verb #16,418

Meanings

1 to die out; to wither away; to become extinct

Characters

to disappear; to vanish

to perish; to die

Examples

这种传统手艺正在逐渐消亡。

Zhèzhǒng chuántǒng shǒuyì zhèngzài zhújiàn xiāowáng.

This traditional craft is gradually dying out.

很多少数民族的语言面临消亡的危险。

Hěnduō shǎoshù mínzú de yǔyán miànlín xiāowáng de wēixiǎn.

Many minority languages face the danger of extinction.

Tips

register

消亡 is a formal/written word. In everyday speech, people would say 消失 (xiāoshī, to disappear) or 灭绝 (mièjué, to go extinct) instead.

Stroke Order

消 xiāo

亡 wáng