Chinese word dictionary

砍杀

kǎn shā · to attack with a bladed weapon

Practice word

Word information

Simplified砍杀

Traditional砍殺

Pinyinkǎn 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.

砍kǎn

to hack, to chop, to cut, to fell

杀shā

to kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt

How to learn 砍杀

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.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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砍kǎn

to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb

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

砍伐kǎnfá

to hew; to cut down

抹杀mǒshā

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

杀毒shādú

to disinfect; (computing) to destroy a computer virus