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"kill" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
干 幹 gàn tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed syn
结果 結果 jié guǒ outcome / result / conclusion / in the end / as a result / to kill / to dispatch syn
杀 殺 shā to kill / to slay / to murder / to attack / to weaken / to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely syn
挂 掛 guà to hang / to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried / to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital) / to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill / to die / to be finished / to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects syn
宰 zǎi to slaughter / to butcher / to kill (animals etc) / (coll.) to fleece / to rip off / to overcharge / (bound form) to govern / to rule / (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) syn
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide / to murder / to kill (a person)
杀死 殺死 shā sǐ to kill syn
打死 dǎ sǐ to kill / to beat to death
杀掉 殺掉 shā diào to kill
害死 hài sǐ to kill / to cause death / to do sb to death
击毙 擊斃 jī bì to kill / to shoot dead
猎杀 獵殺 liè shā to kill (in hunting)
扑杀 撲殺 pū shā to kill / to cull
弄死 nòng sǐ to kill / to put to death
打杀 打殺 dǎ shā to kill
诛杀 誅殺 zhū shā to kill / to murder
虐杀 虐殺 nüè shā to kill (or assault) sadistically
刘 劉 liú (classical) a type of battle-ax / to kill / to slaughter
殊 shū (literary) to kill / to behead / to sever / to separate / to surpass / (bound form) different / (bound form) special / remarkable / (literary) very / extremely syn
戮 lù (bound form) to kill / (bound form) to join forces (variant of 勠[lu4])
戡 kān kill / suppress
戕 qiāng to kill / to injure / Taiwan pr. [qiang2]
杸 shū to kill / a spear
哈喇 hā la rancid / to kill / to slaughter
做掉 zuò diào to kill / to get rid of / (sports) to defeat / to eliminate
宰了 zǎi le (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb)
消杀 消殺 xiāo shā to sterilize / to disinfect / to kill / to exterminate (insects, pathogens etc)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
毒杀 毒殺 dú shā to kill by poisoning syn
杀鸡取卵 殺雞取卵 shā jī qǔ luǎn lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs syn
自杀 自殺 zì shā to kill oneself / to commit suicide / to attempt suicide syn
追杀 追殺 zhuī shā to chase to kill
杀菌 殺菌 shā jūn to kill germs / to disinfect / to sterilize syn
跳楼 跳樓 tiào lóu to jump from a building (to kill oneself) / fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising)
杀伤 殺傷 shā shāng to kill or injure syn
撞死 zhuàng sǐ to knock down and kill (with a car, train etc)
自尽 自盡 zì jìn to kill oneself / suicide syn
灭口 滅口 miè kǒu to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret / to silence sb syn
砍死 kǎn sǐ to hack to death / to kill with an ax
搏杀 搏殺 bó shā to fight and kill / to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players) syn
炸死 zhà sǐ to kill with an explosion
摔死 shuāi sǐ to fall to one's death / to kill by throwing to the ground
杀青 殺青 shā qīng to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves) syn
捕杀 捕殺 bǔ shā to hunt and kill (an animal or fish)
劫杀 劫殺 jié shā to rob and kill
误杀 誤殺 wù shā to mistakenly kill / manslaughter
杀人放火 殺人放火 shā rén fàng huǒ to kill and burn (idiom) / murder and arson
赶尽杀绝 趕盡殺絕 gǎn jìn shā jué to kill to the last one (idiom) / to exterminate / to eradicate / ruthless syn
借刀杀人 借刀殺人 jiè dāo shā rén to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom) syn
滥杀 濫殺 làn shā to kill indiscriminately / to massacre
一箭双雕 一箭雙鵰 yī jiàn shuāng diāo lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone syn
格杀勿论 格殺勿論 gé shā wù lùn shoot to kill
杀人如麻 殺人如麻 shā rén rú má lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom) / fig. to kill people like flies syn
撕票 sī piào lit. to tear the ticket / to kill a hostage (usually held for ransom)
尚方宝剑 尚方寶劍 shàng fāng bǎo jiàn variant of 尚方劍|尚方剑[shang4 fang1 jian4] / imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill syn
谋财害命 謀財害命 móu cái hài mìng to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom) / to murder for money
杀人越货 殺人越貨 shā rén yuè huò to kill sb for his property (idiom) / to murder for money syn
暗害 àn hài to kill secretly / to stab in the back syn
弑父 弒父 shì fù patricide / to kill one's own father
杀一儆百 殺一儆百 shā yī jǐng bǎi lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom) / to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres syn
害命 hài mìng to kill sb / to murder
惨杀 慘殺 cǎn shā to slaughter / to kill mercilessly
卸磨杀驴 卸磨殺驢 xiè mò shā lǘ lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful syn
竭泽而渔 竭澤而漁 jié zé ér yú lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs syn
杀彘教子 殺彘教子 shā zhì jiào zǐ to kill a pig as a lesson to the children (idiom) / parents must teach by example
牵羊担酒 牽羊擔酒 qiān yáng dān jiǔ pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom) / fig. to offer elaborate congratulations / to kill the fatted calf
项庄舞剑 項莊舞劍 xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 yan4] in 206 BC) / fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent
一石二鸟 一石二鳥 yī shí èr niǎo to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
杀人如麻 殺人如麻 shā rén - rú má lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom) / fig. to kill people like flies syn
杀鸡给猴看 殺雞給猴看 shā jī gěi hóu kàn lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey / fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
上方宝剑 上方寶劍 shàng fāng bǎo jiàn imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers) / imperial Chinese version of 007 licensed to kill syn
不杀不辱 不殺不辱 bù shā bù rǔ to neither kill nor humiliate (idiom)
以眦睚杀人 以眥睚殺人 yǐ zì yá shā rén to kill sb for a trifle
尚方剑 尚方劍 shàng fāng jiàn imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill syn
杀虎斩蛟 殺虎斬蛟 shā hǔ zhǎn jiāo lit. to kill the tiger and behead the scaly dragon
杀猪宰羊 殺豬宰羊 shā zhū zǎi yáng to kill the pigs and slaughter the sheep (idiom)
杀鸡宰鹅 殺雞宰鵝 shā jī zǎi é kill the chickens and butcher the geese (idiom)
消磨时间 消磨時間 xiāo mó shí jiān to kill time
诛流 誅流 zhū liú to kill and banish
追歼 追殲 zhuī jiān to pursue and kill / to wipe out
三光政策 sān guāng zhèng cè Three Alls Policy (kill all, burn all, loot all), Japanese policy in China during WWII
击杀 擊殺 jī shā to attack and kill
特洛伊木马启动开关 特洛伊木馬啟動開關 Trojan horse kill switch
灭除 滅除 miè chú to eliminate / to kill off
手刃 shǒu rèn to kill with one's own hand
惨戮 慘戮 cǎn lù (literary) to massacre / to slaughter / to brutally kill
绞杀 絞殺 jiǎo shā to kill by strangling, hanging or garrotting / (fig.) to snuff out
仇杀 仇殺 chóu shā to kill in revenge
斩获 斬獲 zhǎn huò to kill or capture (in battle) / (fig.) (sports) to score (a goal) / to win (a medal) / (fig.) to reap rewards / to achieve gains
杀人灭口 殺人滅口 shā rén - miè kǒu (idiom) to kill sb to prevent them from revealing sth
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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