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牺牲

xī shēng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 犧牲

牺牲 (xī shēng) means "to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 牺牲 means

1. to sacrifice one's life
2. to sacrifice (sth valued)
3. beast slaughtered as a sacrifice

The characters in 牺牲

• 牺xīsacrifice
• 牲shēngdomestic animal; sacrificial animal

Example sentences

• 他牺牲生命，出卖组织。
  He sacrificed his life and betrayed the organization.
• 士兵们已经准备好为国牺牲了。
  The soldiers were ready to die for their country.
• 他白白牺牲生命，忘了出卖组织。
  Tā báibái xīshēng shēngmìng, wàng le chūmài zǔzhī.
  He wastes his life, forgetting to betray his organization.
• 约翰牺牲自己的健康，完成工作。
  John finished the work at the expense of his health.
• 他宁可牺牲生命，也不出卖组织。
  He would rather lose his life than betray his organization.
• 他与其牺牲生命，不如出卖组织。
  He would rather betray his organization than lose his life.

Words starting with 牺牲

• 牺牲品xī shēng pǐnsacrificial victim; sb who is expendable; item sold at a loss
• 牺牲打xī shēng dǎsacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball)
• 牺牲者xī shēng zhěsb who sacrifices himself; sacrificial victim; sb who is expendable

Words containing 牺牲

• 英勇牺牲yīng yǒng xī shēngto heroically sacrifice one's life

Sounds the same

Read xī shēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 吸声sound absorption

Where 牺牲 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · wù–xī (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xī shēng correctly.
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