杀 (殺) shā

1. shā verb to kill; to murder; to slaughter
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Unihan '殺')
2. shā verb to hurt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '殺')
3. shā verb to pare off; to reduce; to clip
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '殺')

Contained in

• 杀鸡给猴看(殺雞給猴看) to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; to make an example of somebody (by punishment) to frighten others
• 滥杀无辜(濫殺無辜) willfully slaughter the innocent
• 杀人狂(殺人狂) homicidal maniac
• 杀人如芥(殺人如芥) to kill people like cutting grass
• 棒杀(棒殺) pushing to failure by excessive criticism
• 自相残杀(自相殘殺) to massacre one another; internecine strife
• 忒杀(忒殺) excessive
• 杀真菌(殺真菌) fungicidal; to have a fungicidal effect
• 诛杀(誅殺) to kill; to murder
• 斩杀(斬殺) to behead
• 抹杀(抹殺) to erase; to cover traces; to obliterate
• 杀手级应用(殺手級應用) killer application; killer app
• 借剑杀人(借劍殺人) to lend a sword to kill; to use somebody to do dirty work
• 背影杀手(背影殺手) somebody who looks stunning from behind; somebody who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face
• 借刀杀人(借刀殺人) to lend a knife to kill; to use somebody to do dirty work
• 见杀(見殺) to be murdered
• 大杀风景(大殺風景) to be a blot on the landscape; to dampen spirits; to spoil the fun; to be a wet blanket
• 杀害(殺害) to kill; to murder
• 滥杀(濫殺) to kill indiscriminately; to massacre
• 杀彘教子(殺彘教子) to kill a pig as a lesson to the children; parents must teach by example
• 残杀者(殘殺者) killer; butcher; slaughterer
• 虐杀(虐殺) to kill (or assault) sadistically
• 刺杀(刺殺) to assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet; (baseball) to put out (a baserunner)
• 剿杀(剿殺) to exterminate
• 大规模杀伤性武器(大規模殺傷性武器) weapons of mass destruction
• 杀鸡焉用牛刀(殺雞焉用牛刀) don't use a sledgehammer on a nut; aquila non capit muscam
• 凶杀案(兇殺案) murder case
• 杀鸡警猴(殺雞警猴) killing the chicken to warn the monkey; to punish an individual as an example to others
• 噍杀(噍殺) fanit and hurried [sound]
• 猎杀(獵殺) to kill (in hunting)
• 杀人越货(殺人越貨) to kill somebody for his property; to murder for money
• 杀虫(殺蟲) insecticide
• 劫杀(劫殺) to rob and kill
• 被自杀(被自殺) a death claimed to be a suicide by the authorities
• 一笔抹杀(一筆抹殺) to blot out at one stroke; to reject out of hand; to deny without a hearing
• 大屠杀(大屠殺) massacre; Holocaust
• 预谋杀人(預謀殺人) premeditated murder
• 杀人(殺人) to murder
• 以眦睚杀人(以眥睚殺人) to kill for a trifle
• 杀伐(殺伐) to massacre ; war
• 马杀鸡(馬殺雞) massage
• 掠杀(掠殺) to plunder and kill
• 斩尽杀绝(斬盡殺絕) to completely wipe out
• 误杀(誤殺) to mistakenly kill; manslaughter
• 诛尽杀绝(誅盡殺絕) to wipe out; to exterminate
• 杀菌作用(殺菌作用) sterilization
• 天杀的(天殺的) Goddam!; goddamn; wretched

Also contained in

杀狗劝夫 、 背杀 、 杀软 、 南京大屠杀

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 119
• 卷95 匈奴劉聰 羯胡石勒 鐵弗劉虎 徒何慕容廆 臨渭氐苻健 羌姚萇 略陽氐吕光 Volume 95: Liu Cong of the Xiongnu, Shi Le of the Jie People, Liu Hu of the Tiefu, Murong Hui of the Tuhe, Fu Jian of the Linwei Di, Yao Chong of the Qiang, Lu Guang of the Lüeyang Di Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 86
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 81
• 卷四　　　　　　本紀第四　則天皇后　中宗 Volume 4 Annals 4: Empress Wu Zetian, Zhongzong New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 66
• 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 65
• 卷六 魏書六 董二袁劉傳 Volume 6: Book of Wei 6 - Biographies of Dong, the two Yuans, and Liu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 65
• 卷97 島夷桓玄 海夷馮跋 島夷劉裕 Volume 97: Huan Xuan of the Daoyi People, Feng Ba of the Haiyi, Liu Yu of the Daoyi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 55
• 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 51
• 卷三百〇九 列傳第一百九十七 流賊 李自成 張獻忠 Volume 309 Biographies 197: Traitors - Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong History of Ming 明史 — count: 49
• 卷九十三　列傳第八十一:　僭偽附庸 Volume 93 Biographies 81: Vassal States History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 49

Collocations

• 人杀 (人殺) 衛人殺州吁于濮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 17
• 杀子 (殺子) 齊人殺子亹而轘高渠彌 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 12
• 晋杀 (晉殺) 晉殺其大夫里克 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 齐人杀 (齊人殺) 齊人殺彭生 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 5
• 遂杀 (遂殺) 遂殺傅瑕 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
• 请杀 (請殺) 羽父請殺桓公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
• 克杀 (剋殺) 晉里奚克殺其君之子奚齊 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 欲杀 (欲殺) 天欲殺之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 盗杀 (盜殺) 盜殺之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 郑杀 (鄭殺) 鄭殺其大夫申侯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3