# 暗杀 (ànshā)

In Mandarin Chinese, 暗杀 (ànshā) means “to assassinate”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to assassinate
- Pinyin: ànshā (an4 sha1)
- Traditional: 暗殺
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 有人企图暗杀那位官员。
  Yǒurén qǐtú ànshā nà wèi guānyuán.
  Someone attempted to assassinate that official.

## Characters

- [暗](https://hanziro.com/word/an-dark/) (àn): dark; to turn dark
- [杀](https://hanziro.com/word/sha-kill/) (shā): to kill; to weaken

https://hanziro.com/word/an-sha-assassinate/

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