凶
手

Murderer in Chinese: 凶手 (xiōng shǒu)

xiōng shǒu

murderer

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 兇手1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1murderer
  2. 2assassin

Stroke order

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凶
手

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄩㄥ

xiōng

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ üㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄕㄡˇ

shǒu

ㄕ/ shㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

凶手

Simplified

兇手

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 警察终于抓到了那个凶手。

    jǐng chá zhōng yú zhuā dào le nà ge xiōng shǒu。

    The police finally caught the murderer.

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Related words

手

shǒu

hand

凶

xiōng

terrible

手表

shǒu biǎo

wristwatch

手机

shǒu jī

cell phone

握手

wò shǒu

to shake hands

对手

duì shǒu

opponent

手工

shǒu gōng

handwork

手术

shǒu shù

(surgical) operation

手套

shǒu tào

glove

手续

shǒu xù

procedure

手指

shǒu zhǐ

finger

举手

jǔ shǒu

to raise a hand

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