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凶手

xiōng shǒu

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 兇手

What 凶手 means

1. murderer
2. assassin

The characters in 凶手

• 凶xiōngterrible; fearful
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Example sentences

• 凶手还没有抓到。
  The murderer is still at large.
• 她确认他是杀人凶手。
  Tā quèrèn tā shì shārén xiōngshǒu.
  She identified him as the murderer.
• 凶手承认了自己的犯罪。
  Xiōngshǒu chéngrèn le zìjǐ de fànzuì.
  The murderer confessed his crime.
• 园丁后来发现就是凶手。
  Yuándīng hòulái fāxiàn jiù shì xiōngshǒu.
  The gardener turned out to be the murderer.
• 他对杀父凶手进行了报复。
  Tā duì shā fù xiōngshǒu jìnxíng le bàofù.
  He avenged the murder of his father.
• 他是个凶手，应该进到牢里。
  He is a killer, he should be behind bars!