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杀

shā

HSK 5 Character Traditional 殺

What 杀 means

1. to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack
2. to weaken; to reduce
3. dialectto smart
4. (used after a verb) extremely

Example sentences

• 杀了他
  Shā le tā
  Kill him.
• 杀了她
  Shā le tā
  Kill her.
• 杀了他们
  Shā le tāmen
  Kill them.
• 杀我吧。
  Kill me.
• 杀汤姆。
  Kill Tom.
• 把他杀了！
  Bǎ tāshā le!
  Kill him!

Words starting with 杀

• 杀人shā rénhomicide; to murder; to kill (a person)
• 杀死shā sǐto kill
• 杀手shā shǒukiller; murderer; hit man
• 杀害shā hàito murder
• 杀戮shā lùto massacre; to slaughter
• 杀人犯shā rén fànmurderer; homicide
• 杀毒shā dúto disinfect; (computing) to destroy a computer virus
• 杀生shā shēngto take the life of a living creature
• 杀伤力shā shāng lìdestructive power; harmfulness
• 杀气shā qìmenacing air; murderous look; to vent one's anger
• 杀人案shā rén ànmurder case; homicide case
• 杀机shā jīdesire to commit murder; great danger
• 杀头shā tóuto behead
• 杀伤shā shāngto kill or injure
• 杀手锏shā shǒu jiǎn(fig.) trump card
• 杀敌shā díto attack the enemy
• 杀菌shā jūnto kill germs; to disinfect; to sterilize
• 杀气腾腾shā qì téng téngferocious; murderous-looking
• 杀价shā jiàto beat down the price; to haggle; to slash one's prices
• 杀虫剂shā chóng jìinsecticide; pesticide
• 杀青shā qīngto put the last hand to (a book, a film etc); to finalize…
• 杀器shā qìdeadly weapon
• 杀球shā qiúto spike the ball (volleyball etc); to smash (tennis etc)
• 杀软shā ruǎnantivirus software; abbr. for 杀毒软件

Words containing 杀

• 抹杀mǒ shāto erase; to cover traces; to obliterate evidence
• 自杀zì shāto kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide
• 屠杀tú shāto massacre; to slaughter
• 谋杀móu shāto murder; to assassinate; intentional homicide
• 南京大屠杀Nán jīng Dà tú shāthe Nanjing Massacre (1937-38)
• 暗杀àn shāto assassinate
• 扼杀è shāto strangle; to throttle
• 追杀zhuī shāto chase to kill
• 大屠杀dà tú shāmassacre; mass slaughter
• 枪杀qiāng shāto shoot dead
• 刺杀cì shāto assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet; (baseball) to put out (a baserunner)
• 他杀tā shāhomicide (law)
• 谋杀案móu shā ànmurder case
• 厮杀sī shāto fight at close quarters; to fight tooth and nail
• 射杀shè shāto shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow)
• 宰杀zǎi shāto slaughter (an animal for meat); to butcher
• 凶杀xiōng shāto murder; assassination
• 残杀cán shāto massacre; to slaughter
• 凶杀案xiōng shā ànmurder case
• 虐杀nüè shāto kill (or assault) sadistically
• 拼杀pīn shāto grapple (with the enemy); to fight at the risk of one's life
• 猎杀liè shāto kill (in hunting)
• 搏杀bó shāto fight and kill; to engage in fierce combat…
• 捕杀bǔ shāto hunt and kill (an animal or fish)

Characters that look like 杀

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

• 击jīto hit; to strike; to break
• 弗fú(literary) not; used in transliteration
• 赤chìred; scarlet; bare
• 吾wú(old) I; my
• 甬yǒngpath screened by walls on both sides
• 刍chúto mow or cut grass; hay; straw

Sounds the same

Read shā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 沙granule; hoarse; raspy
• 莎katydid (family Tettigoniidae); phonetic "sha" used in transliteration
• 纱cotton yarn; muslin
• 煞to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop
• 砂sand; gravel; granule
• 刹to brake
• 鲨shark
• 痧cholera
• 裟used in 袈裟
• 铩(old) spear; lance; (literary) to cripple; to harm; to injure
• 樧Zanthoxylum ailanthoides
• 魦shark family, including some rays and skates