杀
shā HSK5

kill

杀 (殺) shā
kill verb
to kill, slay, or murder

他在战争中杀了很多敌人。

tā zài zhàn​zhēng zhōng shā le hěn​duō dí​rén.

He killed many enemies in the war.

extremely verb
used after a verb to indicate an extreme degree

那孩子的事真是急杀人。

nà hái​zi de shì zhēn shì jí shā rén.

The situation with that child is really worrying me to death.

reduce verb
to reduce or cut down (e.g., prices)

价格太高了，杀杀价吧。

jià​gé tài gāo le, shā shā​jià ba.

The price is too high; let's haggle a bit.

smart verb
(dialect) to sting or feel a stinging pain

肥皂水进了眼睛，杀得难受。

féi​zào shuǐ jìn le yǎn​jing, shā de nán​shòu.

Soapy water got in my eyes; it stings terribly.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
587th most common 355.4 per million
Movie subtitles
174th most common 1006.0 per million appears in 79% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
697.7 per million appears in 68% of films
Written text
136.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Traditional
殺
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+6740

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