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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 杀人

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
杀人 shā rén - homicide
- to murder
- to kill (a person)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 986 5,190 4,940

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shā- to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack
- to weaken; to reduce
- (dialect) to smart
- (used after a verb) extremely
rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

Other Words Containing 杀人

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
杀人 - - 986 5,190 4,940
杀人犯 - - 3,153 32,091 21,558
杀人狂 - - 7,560 - -
杀人案 - - 10,704 26,205 29,733
杀人不眨眼 - - 26,470 58,147 40,019
杀人越货 - - 56,879 79,161 62,744