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

• 梢杀林莽(梢殺林莽) smiting forests and grasses
• 杀蠹药(殺蠹藥) mothicide
• 追杀(追殺) to chase to kill
• 杀人放火(殺人放火) to kill and burn; murder and arson
• 刺杀(刺殺) to assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet; (baseball) to put out (a baserunner)
• 扣杀(扣殺) to smash a ball; to spike
• 虐杀(虐殺) to kill (or assault) sadistically
• 卸磨杀驴(卸磨殺驢) to kill the donkey when the grinding is done; to get rid of somebody once he has ceased to be useful
• 屠杀者(屠殺者) killer; butcher
• 劫杀(劫殺) to rob and kill
• 杀人鲸(殺人鯨) killer whale
• 秒杀(秒殺) (Internet) flash sale; (sports or online gaming) rapid dispatch of an opponent
• 畏罪自杀(畏罪自殺) to commit suicide to escape punishment
• 忒杀(忒殺) excessive
• 杀鸡焉用牛刀(殺雞焉用牛刀) don't use a sledgehammer on a nut; aquila non capit muscam
• 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
• 一笔抹杀(一筆抹殺) to blot out at one stroke; to reject out of hand; to deny without a hearing
• 诛杀(誅殺) to kill; to murder
• 半路杀出个程咬金(半路殺出個程咬金) Cheng Yaojin ambushes the enemy (saying); somebody shows up unexpectedly and disrupts the plan
• 杀鸡取卵(殺雞取卵) to kill the chicken to get the eggs; to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
• 打杀(打殺) to kill
• 摮杀(摮殺) to shake to death
• 杀牛宰羊(殺牛宰羊) slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep; to prepare a big feast
• 姦杀(姦殺) to rape and murder
• 杀猪宰羊(殺豬宰羊) to kill the pigs and slaughter the sheep
• 封杀(封殺) to shut out; to block; to smother
• 捕杀(捕殺) to hunt and kill
• 杀手(殺手) a killer; an assassin ; a skillful competitor
• 凶杀(兇殺) to murder; assassination
• 杀价(殺價) to beat down the price; to haggle; to slash one's prices
• 预谋杀人(預謀殺人) premeditated murder
• 杀马特(殺馬特) Chinese subculture of young urban migrants, usually of low education, with exaggerated hairstyles, heavy make-up, flamboyant costumes, piercings etc (loanword from smart)
• 杀菌(殺菌) disinfectant; to disinfect
• 杀螺剂(殺螺劑) snail poison
• 杀敌(殺敵) to attack the enemy
• 绝杀(絕殺) to deal the fatal blow (sports, chess etc); to score the winning point
• 斩尽杀绝(斬盡殺絕) to completely wipe out
• 掩杀(掩殺) to make a surprise attack; to pounce on (an enemy)
• 抹杀(抹殺) to erase; to cover traces; to obliterate
• 屠杀(屠殺) to massacre; massacre; bloodbath; carnage
• 破片杀伤(破片殺傷) fragmentation (grenade, bomb etc)
• 杀鼠药(殺鼠藥) rat poison
• 冲杀(衝殺) to charge
• 折杀(折殺) to feel undeserving of favored treatment ; to die by using allocated share of happiness
• 反杀(反殺) to respond to an assault by killing one's assailant
• 问客杀鸡(問客殺雞) asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them
• 杀伤(殺傷) to kill or injure

Also contained in

杀生 、 杀一救百 、 杀人刀活人剑 、 背杀

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: 87
• 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: 67
• 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: 66
• 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — 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: 56
• 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: 51
• 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — 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: 9
• 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: 6
• 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: 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
• 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: 4
• 楚杀 (楚殺) 楚殺其大夫得臣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 尽杀 (儘殺) 晉士蒍使群公子盡殺游氏之族 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
• 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