谋杀 meaning in English

móushā

to murder; to assassinate

Traditional 謀殺17 strokes

Meaning of 谋杀

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

móushā
  1. to murder
  2. to assassinate
  3. intentional homicide

谋杀 in example sentences

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

他tā有yǒu可kě能néng是shì被bèi谋móu杀shā的de。
There's a possibility that the man was murdered.
当dāng玛mǎ丽lì被bèi谋móu杀shā时shí,汤tāng姆mǔ不bù在zài我wǒ身shēn边biān。
Tom wasn't with me at the time Mary was murdered.
我wǒ在zài杂zá志zhì上shàng看kàn到dào他tā被bèi谋móu杀shā的de消xiāo息xī。
I read in a magazine that he was killed.
警jǐng方fāng指zhǐ控kòng他tā谋móu杀shā。
The police accused him of murder.
有yǒu人rén被bèi谋móu杀shā了le。
Somebody was murdered.

Stroke order for each character

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谋 móu · to plan · 11 strokes

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杀 shā · to kill · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 谋杀.

自杀zìshāto kill oneself; to commit suicide
杀毒shādúto disinfect; (computing) to destroy a computer virus
阴谋yīnmóuto conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot
杀手shāshǒukiller; murderer
杀害shāhàito murder
屠杀túshāto massacre; to slaughter
暗杀ànshāto assassinate
谋生móushēngto seek one's livelihood; to work to support oneself
参谋cānmóustaff officer; to give advice
谋害móuhàito conspire to murder; to plot against sb's life
谋求móuqiúto seek; to strive for
足智多谋zúzhì-duōmóuresourceful; full of stratagems

Questions about 谋杀

What does 谋杀 mean?

谋杀 (móushā) means "to murder; to assassinate".

How do you write 谋杀?

谋杀 is made of 2 characters: 谋 (11 strokes), 杀 (6 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

How is 谋杀 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 谋杀 is written 謀殺.