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杀
殺
shā
1. to kill
2. to murder
3. to fight
4. to weaken or reduce
5. to smart (dialect)
6. to counteract
7. (used after a verb) extremely
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 0%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

杀
shā
to kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt
HSK 5 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

杀进
shājìn
to storm (a city etc)
秒杀
miǎoshā
(Internet) flash sale
杀菌
shājūn
disinfectant
杀软
shāruǎn
antivirus software
滥杀
lànshā
to kill indiscriminately
砍杀
kǎnshā
to attack and kill
杀价
shājià
to beat down the price
杀绝
shājué
to exterminate
杀害
shāhài
to murder
杀虫
shāchóng
insecticide
凶杀
xiōngshā
to murder
毒杀
dúshā
to kill by poisoning
猎杀
lièshā
to kill (in hunting)
杀球
shāqiú
to spike the ball (volleyball etc)
刺杀
cìshā
to assassinate
坑杀
kēngshā
to bury alive
杀掉
shādiào
to kill
杀伤
shāshāng
to kill and injure
劫杀
jiéshā
to rob and kill
杀婴
shāyīng
infanticide

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
586
Word Frequency Rank
157 of 84,292

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