HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

宰

zǎi

to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc)

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Meaning of 宰 in English

zǎiHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #10493
  1. to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc)
  2. (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge
  3. (bound form) to govern; to rule
  4. (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)

Example sentences

  1. 汤姆被宰了。
    tāng mǔ bèi zǎi le。
    Tom got ripped off.
    Tatoeba #8791846 by slo_oth · #1093933 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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HSK words with 宰

主宰HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences