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杀手

shā shǒu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 殺手

杀手 (shā shǒu) means "killer; murderer; hit man". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 杀手 means

1. killer
2. murderer
3. hit man
4. sportsformidable player

The characters in 杀手

• 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Example sentences

• 贝蒂是连环杀手。
  Bèi dì shì liánhuánshāshǒu.
  Betty is a serial killer.
• 汤姆是职业杀手。
  Tom is a professional killer.
• 萨米在与莱拉的杀手说话。
  Sà mǐ zài yǔ lái lā de shāshǒu shuōhuà.
  Sami was speaking to Layla's killer.
• 我们知道汤姆的杀手是谁。
  We know the identity of Tom's killer.
• 我们知道了汤姆的杀手身份。
  Wǒmen zhīdàole Tāngmǔ de shāshǒu shēnfèn.
  We know the identity of Tom's killer.
• 汤姆不知道玛丽是个连环杀手。
  Tāngmǔ bù zhīdào Mǎlì shì ge liánhuán shāshǒu.
  Tom had no idea Mary was a serial killer.

Words starting with 杀手

• 杀手锏shā shǒu jiǎn(fig.) trump card
• 杀手级应用shā shǒu jí yìng yòngkiller application; killer app

Words containing 杀手

• 连环杀手lián huán shā shǒuserial killer
• 背影杀手bèi yǐng shā shǒu(slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind…

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shā shǒu correctly.
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