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凶杀 (xiōng shā): Murder (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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凶 • xiōng • inauspicious, ominous, bad luck • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
xiōng凶

inauspicious, ominous, bad luck

杀 • shā • kill; slaughter; in the extreme • HSK 2.0 L5
HSK 5
shā杀

kill; slaughter; in the extreme

Word Info

Pinyinxiōng shā
Meaningmurder
Characters2
HSK—
Syntaxnoun

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 凶杀.

Words with 凶
  • 凶恶xiōng èfierce; ferocious; malevolent
  • 凶手xiōng shǒumurderer; assassin; assailant
  • 凶残xiōng cánBrutal
  • 凶狠xiōng hěnFierce
  • 凶猛xiōng měngSavage
  • 元凶yuán xiōngprime culprit, main perpetrator
  • 凶器xiōng qìmurder weapon
  • 凶悍xiōng hànfierce and brutal
Words with 杀
  • 抹杀mǒ shāblot out; obliterate; write off
  • 自杀zì shāto kill oneself
  • 屠杀tú shāMassacre / Slaughter
  • 杀害shā hàiTo kill / to murder
杀手
shā shǒu
Killer / assassin
  • 杀毒shā dúkill viruses
  • 仇杀chóu shāvengeance killing
  • 刺杀cì shāto assassinate; assassination
    • 4.

    Example Sentences with 凶杀

    zhè这
    qǐ起
    xiōng凶
    shā杀
    àn案
    fā发
    shēng生
    zài在
    zuó昨
    tiān天
    wǎn晚
    shàng上
    。
    This murder case happened last night.
    jǐng警
    fāng方
    zhèng正
    zài在
    diào调
    chá查
    nà那
    qǐ起
    xiōng凶
    shā
    杀
    shì事
    jiàn件
    。
    The police are investigating that murder incident.