Chinese word dictionary

扑杀

pū shā · to kill; to cull

Practice word

Word information

Simplified扑杀

Traditional撲殺

Pinyinpū shā

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

扑pū

to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike

杀shā

to kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt

How to learn 扑杀

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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扑pū

to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over

扑灭pūmiè

to eradicate; to extinguish

杀shā

to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely

自杀zìshā

to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide

红扑扑hóngpūpū

red; rosy; flushed

抹杀mǒshā

to erase; to cover traces; to obliterate evidence; to expunge; to blot out; to suppress