犧
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xī · to sacrifice, to give up, to die for a cause

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20Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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牛Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 犧

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Example sentences

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Tā hài pà xī shēng shēng mìng, bù dé bù chū mài zǔ zhī.他害怕犧牲生命,不得不出賣組織。

Afraid of losing his life, he has to betray his organization.

Source: Tatoeba #8706261 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā jí shǐ xī shēng shēng mìng, yě yào chū mài zǔ zhī.他即使犧牲生命,也要出賣組織。

Even though it costs his life, he still chooses to betray his organization.

Source: Tatoeba #8706263 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā níng kě xī shēng shēng mìng, yě bù chū mài zǔ zhī.他寧可犧牲生命,也不出賣組織。

He would rather lose his life than betray his organization.

Source: Tatoeba #8706260 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā jiù le nà gè yīng ér, dàn shì què xī shēng le zì jǐ de shēng mìng.他救了那個嬰兒,但是卻犧牲了自己的生命。

He saved the baby at the cost of his life.

Source: Tatoeba #599668 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā bái bái xī shēng shēng mìng, wàng le chū mài zǔ zhī.他白白犧牲生命,忘了出賣組織。

He wastes his life, forgetting to betray his organization.

Source: Tatoeba #8706265 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā bǎ nì shuǐ de xiǎo hái jiù le qǐ lái, dàn shì què xī shēng le zì jǐ de shēng mìng.他把溺水的小孩救了起來,但是卻犧牲了自己的生命。

He saved the drowning child at the cost of his own life.

Source: Tatoeba #903251 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 犧 in context

  1. Say xī, then recall the core meaning: to sacrifice, to give up, to die for a cause.
  2. Write all 20 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 犧 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.