宰 meaning in English

zǎi

to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge

HSK 7-9verb10 strokes

Meaning of 宰

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zǎi

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

每měi个gè人rén都dōu应yīng该gāi是shì自zì己jǐ命mìng运yùn的de主zhǔ宰zǎi。

Everyone ought to be a master of his own destiny.

汤tāng姆mǔ被bèi宰zǎi了le。

Tom got ripped off.

羊yáng羔gāo通tōng常cháng在zài一yī岁suì前qián被bèi宰zǎi杀shā吃chī掉diào。

Lambs are usually killed before they are one year old and eaten by humans.

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Words that share a character with 宰.

主宰	zhǔzǎi	to dominate; to rule
任人宰割	rènrén-zǎigē	to get trampled on (idiom); to be taken advantage of
屠宰场	túzǎichǎng	slaughterhouse; abattoir
屠宰	túzǎi	to slaughter; to butcher
宰相	zǎixiàng	prime minister (in feudal China)
宰杀	zǎishā	to slaughter (an animal for meat); to butcher

What does 宰 mean?

宰 (zǎi) means "to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 宰?

宰 is made of 1 character: 宰 (10 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 宰 an HSK word?

Yes. 宰 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.