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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 杀手

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
杀手 shā shǒu - killer
- murderer
- hit man
- (sports) formidable player

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
- 7 1,145 6,207 5,621

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
shǒu- hand
- (formal) to hold
- person engaged in certain types of work
- person skilled in certain types of work
- personal(ly)
- convenient
- classifier for skill
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Other Words Containing 杀手

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
杀手 - 7 1,145 6,207 5,621
杀手锏 - - 16,193 - -