Pinyin: shā

to kill

Example sentence

妈妈杀了一条鱼做晚饭。

Māma shā le yì tiáo yú zuò wǎnfàn.

Mom prepared a fish for dinner.

What 杀 means

(shā) is a Chinese word meaning “to kill”. It belongs to the Daily Actions topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.

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