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

HSK 6

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.

HSK 7-9

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.

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