# 杀手 (shāshǒu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 杀手 (shāshǒu) means “killer; hitman; assassin”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: killer; hitman; assassin
- Pinyin: shāshǒu (sha1 shou3)
- Traditional: 殺手
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 电影里的主角是个冷酷的杀手。
  Diànyǐng lǐ de zhǔjué shì gè lěngkù de shāshǒu.
  The main character in the movie is a cold killer.

## Characters

- [杀](https://hanziro.com/word/sha-kill/) (shā): to kill; to weaken
- [手](https://hanziro.com/word/shou-hand/) (shǒu): hand

https://hanziro.com/word/sha-shou-killer/

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