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"murder" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
杀 殺 shā to kill / to slay / to murder / to attack / to weaken / to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely syn
刺 cì thorn / sting / thrust / to prick / to pierce / to stab / to assassinate / to murder syn
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide / to murder / to kill (a person)
杀害 殺害 shā hài to murder syn
谋杀 謀殺 móu shā to murder / to assassinate / intentional homicide
凶杀 兇殺 xiōng shā to murder / assassination syn
诛杀 誅殺 zhū shā to kill / to murder
谋杀罪 謀殺罪 móu shā zuì murder
杀人案件 殺人案件 shā rén àn jiàn (case of, incident of) murder
害命 hài mìng to kill sb / to murder
东方快车谋杀桉 東方快車謀殺案 Murder
Chinese Pinyin Translation
一起 yī qǐ (in) the same place / together / in company (with) / altogether / in total / an instance of / a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc) syn
杀机 殺機 shā jī desire to commit murder / great danger
血案 xuè àn murder case syn
命案 mìng àn homicide case / murder case syn
行凶 行兇 xíng xiōng violent crime / to commit a violent act (assault or murder) syn
未遂 wèi suì to fail to accomplish / unsuccessful (attempt) / abortive (coup d'état) / attempted (murder, suicide) / unfulfilled (wish) syn
凶器 兇器 xiōng qì lethal weapon / murder weapon
杀人案 殺人案 shā rén àn murder case / homicide case syn
谋杀案 謀殺案 móu shā àn murder case syn
凶杀案 兇殺案 xiōng shā àn murder case syn
谋害 謀害 móu hài to conspire to murder / to plot against sb's life syn
杀人放火 殺人放火 shā rén fàng huǒ to kill and burn (idiom) / murder and arson
奸杀 姦殺 jiān shā to rape and murder
杀人不眨眼 殺人不眨眼 shā rén bù zhǎ yǎn to murder without blinking an eye (idiom) / ruthless / cold-blooded syn
被害者 bèi hài zhě victim (of a wounding or murder) syn
鸿门宴 鴻門宴 hóng mén yàn Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] syn
疑凶 疑兇 yí xiōng suspected of murder / criminal suspect syn
狄仁杰 狄仁傑 dí rén jié Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends / master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4]
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
苦主 kǔ zhǔ (old) the family of the victim in a murder case / (Tw, HK) victim (of a crime, misfortune etc) / (Tw) (coll.) person who bears the burden while others benefit;
弑 弒 shì to murder a superior / to murder one's parent syn
大唐狄公案 dà táng dí gōng àn Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee, 1949 novel by R.H. van Gulik, featuring Tang Dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2] as master sleuth
屠毒 tú dú poison / to murder by poison
情杀 情殺 qíng shā murder as a crime of passion
故杀 故殺 gù shā premeditated murder
斯维尔德洛夫 斯維爾德洛夫 sī wéi ěr dé luò fū Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov (1885-1919), Bolshevik organizer, ordered the murder of the Tsar's family in 1918, died of Spanish influenza
狄公案 dí gōng àn Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2] as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee
血证 血證 xuè zhèng evidence of murder / bloodstain evidence
项庄舞剑，意在沛公 項莊舞劍，意在沛公 xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài pèi gōng lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom) / refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公[Pei4 gong1] and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 yan4] / an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent
预谋杀人 預謀殺人 yù móu shā rén premeditated murder
推理小说 推理小說 tuī lǐ xiǎo shuō murder mystery (novel) / whodunit
杀人未遂 殺人未遂 shā rén wèi suì attempted murder
凶刀 xiōng dāo murder weapon (i.e. knife)
剧本杀 劇本殺 jù běn shā murder mystery game (role-playing game)
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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