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宰

zǎi

HSK 6 Character

What 宰 means

1. to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc)
2. colloquialto fleece; to rip off; to overcharge
3. bound formto govern; to rule
4. bound form(a title for certain government officials in ancient China)

Example sentences

• 汤姆被宰了。
  Tāngmǔ bèi zǎi le.
  Tom got ripped off.
• 羊羔通常在一岁前被宰杀吃掉。
  Lambs are usually killed before they are one year old and eaten by humans.
• 每个人都应该是自己命运的主宰。
  Měigerén dōu yīnggāi shì zìjǐ mìngyùn de zhǔzǎi.
  Everyone ought to be a master of his own destiny.
• 羊羔通常在一岁前被宰杀并吃掉。
  Yánggāo tōngcháng zài yī suì qián bèi zǎishā bìng chīdiào.
  Lambs are usually killed before they are one year old and eaten by humans.
• 在思想的领域中, 荒诞和堕落仍然主宰着世界, 它们的操控只是短时间地被暂停。
  Zài sīxiǎng de lǐngyù zhōng, huāngdàn hé duòluò réngrán zhǔzǎi zhe shìjiè, tāmen de cāokòng zhǐshì duǎnshíjiān de bèi zàntíng.
  In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.
• 评论员对巫巫兹拉的声音作出了各种各样的描述：除了“烦人”、“像魔鬼一般”之外，还把它比作“一群嘈吵的大象”、“一群嗡嗡狂叫的蝗虫”、“一只准备给屠宰的山羊”、“一个装满发狂的蜜蜂的巨大蜂巢”、“一只吃了摇头丸的鸭子”等等。
  Pínglùn yuán duì wū wū zī lā de shēngyīn zuòchū le gèzhǒnggèyàng de miáoshù: chúle “ fánrén ”,“ xiàng móguǐ yībān ” zhīwài, hái bǎ tā bǐzuò “ yī qún cáo chǎo de dàxiàng ”,“ yī qún wēngwēng kuáng jiào de huángchóng ”,“ yī zhī zhǔnbèi gěi túzǎi de shānyáng ”,“ yī gè zhuāngmǎn fākuáng de mìfēng de jùdà fēngcháo ”,“ yī zhī chī le yáotóuwán de yāzi ” děngděng.
  Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed".

Words starting with 宰

• 宰相zǎi xiàngprime minister (in feudal China)
• 宰杀zǎi shāto slaughter (an animal for meat); to butcher
• 宰割zǎi gēto slaughter; (fig.) to ride roughshod over; to take advantage of (others)
• 宰了zǎi le(colloquial) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb)
• 宰予Zǎi YúZai Yu (522-458 BC), disciple of Confucius
• 宰人zǎi rénto overcharge; to rip sb off
• 宰制zǎi zhìto rule; to dominate
• 宰客zǎi kèto cheat customers; to overcharge
• 宰牲节Zǎi shēng jiésee 古尔邦节

Words containing 宰

• 主宰zhǔ zǎito dominate; to rule; to dictate
• 屠宰tú zǎito slaughter; to butcher
• 屠宰场tú zǎi chǎngslaughterhouse; abattoir
• 主宰者zhǔ zǎi zhěruler
• 巴宰族Bā zǎi zúPazeh, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
• 任人宰割rèn rén zǎi gēto get trampled on (idiom); to be taken advantage of
• 杀猪宰羊shā zhū zǎi yángto kill the pigs and slaughter the sheep (idiom)
• 铁血宰相Tiě xuè zǎi xiàngIron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician…
• 挨宰ái zǎito get ripped off

Characters that look like 宰

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 带dàiband; belt; girdle
• 率lǜ(bound form) ratio; rate; proportion
• 婴yīnginfant; baby
• 辱rǔdisgrace; dishonor; to insult
• 孪luántwins
• 莠yǒuSetaria viridis; vicious

Sounds the same

Read zǎi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 载to record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. zài
• 崽child; young animal
• 仔variant of 崽; (dialect; bound form) young man