(shā sǐ) - kill, murder in Mandarin

shāsǐ

Traditional: 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chóng。

He killed the insect in one go.

。

Someone was killed in this book.

。

Do not kill innocent lives.

猎liè。

The hunter nearly killed that bird.

细xì胞bāo。

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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This word is part of lesson 17.