砍杀

砍殺

kǎnshā

verb

Meanings

1 to attack with a bladed weapon
2 to slash and kill
3 to hack to death

Characters

Examples

歹徒持刀砍杀路人，被警方迅速制服。

Dǎitú chí dāo kǎnshā lùrén, bèi jǐngfāng xùnsù zhìfú.

The assailant slashed at passersby with a knife and was quickly subdued by police.

这款游戏以砍杀僵尸为主要玩法。

Zhè kuǎn yóuxì yǐ kǎnshā jiāngshī wéi zhǔyào wánfǎ.

The game's core gameplay is hacking and slashing zombies.

Tips

register

Strongly violent. 砍杀 is the standard word for news reports of knife/sword attacks (持刀砍杀) and for the gaming subgenre 砍杀类游戏 'hack-and-slash games'. For ordinary 'to kill' use 杀 or 杀害 — 砍杀 specifically implies a chopping bladed weapon.

Stroke Order

砍 kǎn

杀 shā