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杀

shā

Traditional: 殺

to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack

HSK 6

Meaning of 杀 in English

shāHSK 6verbSyllabus #4733
  1. to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack
  2. to weaken; to reduce
  3. (dialect) to smart
  4. (used after a verb) extremely

Example sentences

  1. 你是说是我杀了汤姆吗?
    nǐ shì shuō shì wǒ shā le tāng mǔ ma?
    Are you saying that I killed Tom?
    Tatoeba #8753040 by crescat · #4717677 by xorgy · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 你不杀他们,他们就杀你。
    nǐ bù shā tā men, tā men jiù shā nǐ。
    If you don't kill them, they'll kill you.
    Tatoeba #2298178 by GlossaMatik · #2298179 by FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 是你杀了汤姆吗?
    shì nǐ shā le tāng mǔ ma?
    Did you kill Tom?
    Tatoeba #8714988 by crescat · #1886145 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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