| 殺 | 1139C40 82S.82-4 | 部居  | 畫數 11 | ㄕㄚ [sha1] (*ㄕㄞˋ [shai4] ). | ||
| V.t. | (1) To kill, slaughter: 殺人 kill a person; 殺人不貶眼 kill person without batting an eye, cold-blooded murder; 殺人不見血 destroy a person by smooth strategy; 殺身成仁 die martyr to a noble cause. (2) To exterminate, destroy: 殺菌，殺蟲 [sha1jUn4], [sha1chong2]↓; 殺風景 do s.t. to spoil one's enthusiasm, dampen the spirit. (3) To engage in a fight: 二人殺在一處 the two were locked in combat. (4) To hurt: 這藥殺得慌 this medicine hurts terribly. | |||||
| Adj. | (*[shai4]) Abated: 風稍殺 the winds have abated. | |||||
| Adv. | Extremely, like Eng. “die of”: 樂殺，恨殺，痛殺 dying with joy, hatred, pain; 笑殺 could die with laughter. | |||||
| Words | 1. 殺氣 [sha1qi4], n., venom; desire or power or call to kill; (physiognomy) inclined to violence. 2. 殺青 [sha1qing1], v.i., (of book manuscript, film production) completed; orig. preparation of bamboo strip for writing by heating process. 3. 殺蟲 [sha1chong2], v.i., destroy insects; 殺蟲粉，殺蟲劑 insecticide. 4. 殺伐 [sha1fa2], v.i., as in 殺伐之聲 noise of slaughter. 5. 殺害 [sha1hai4], v.t., to destroy, to kill (person). 6. 殺機 [sha1ji1], n., time, mood or plan to kill. 7. 殺價 [sha1jia4], phr., to sell at reduced price. 8. 殺戒 [sha1jie4], n., (Budd.) commandment against killing. 9. 殺菌 [sha1jUn4], v.t., disinfect; 殺菌藥 a disinfectant. 10. 殺戮 [sha1lu4], v.t., to slaughter and plunder. 11. 殺坯 [sha1pi1], n., see [sha1cai2]↓. 12. 殺生 [sha1sheng1], n., (Budd.) killing of living things. 13. 殺熟兒 [sha1shou2er0], phr., (comm.) to ask unfair price of old customer (because he will not haggle). 14. 殺頭 [sha1tou2], v.i., to behead. 15. 殺材 [sha1cai2], n., (abusive) wretch (“person deserving death”). 16. 殺尾 [sha1wei3], n., the end (also wr.煞尾). 17. 殺威棒 [sha1wei1bang4], n., (coll.) a torture to break prisoner's resistance. | |||||