(shā sǐ) - kill, murder in Mandarin
shāsǐTraditional: 殺死
HSK 5
#817 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
kill, murder
Word origin
杀死 (shā sǐ) combines 杀 (shā), 'to kill', with 死 (sǐ), 'to die'. 死 shows the 歹 'bare-bones' radical beside a kneeling mourner. As a resultative compound it means 'to kill', that is, to strike so that death results.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 杀 (shā, kill) + 死 (sǐ, die)
Stroke order
杀
死
Examples
虫。
He killed the insect in one go.
。
Someone was killed in this book.
。
Do not kill innocent lives.
猎。
The hunter nearly killed that bird.
细胞。
The virus can kill cells.
杀死 (shā sǐ) means kill, murder. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.
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