宰
zǎi HSK7

to slaughter

宰 zǎi
overcharge verb
to fleece, rip off, or overcharge (colloquial)

那家店专门宰客，你千万别去。

nà jiā diàn zhuān​mén zǎi kè, nǐ qiān​wàn bié qù.

That shop specializes in ripping off customers; you must never go there.

rule verb
to govern, rule, or be in charge of

每个人都应该努力主宰自己的命运和未来。

měi gè rén dōu yīng​gāi nǔ​lì zhǔ zǎi zì​jǐ de mìng​yùn hé wèi​lái.

Everyone should strive to be the master of their own destiny and future.

slaughter verb
to slaughter, butcher, or kill (typically animals)

屠夫正在后院宰羊。

tú​fū zhèng​zài hòu​yuàn zǎi yáng.

The butcher is slaughtering sheep in the backyard.

official noun
a title for certain government officials in ancient China

他曾担任朝廷的宰执之臣，处理国家大事。

tā céng dān​rèn cháo​tíng de zǎi​zhí zhī chén, chǔ​lǐ guó​jiā dà​shì.

He once served as a high-ranking minister in the imperial court, handling important state affairs.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,080th most common 33.0 per million
Movie subtitles
1,911th most common 22.3 per million appears in 10% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
20.2 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
11.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+5BB0

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)