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HSK
5

to kill

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

sha1 shā

Meaning


Primary

to kill

Alternatives

kill, killed, kills, killing

Mnemonic


[sh-] Shrek is in [1] front of the [-a] auditorium where he has gone into an ogre rage. He 杀 kills one audience member in line after another. After each person he 杀 kills, he makes an 㐅 x with swamp slime on a 木 tree next to the ticket booth.

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