shā 
		to kill
to murder
to fight
to weaken or reduce
to smart (dialect)
to counteract
(used after a verb) extremely
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shā qīng 
		to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc)
to finalize
to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves)
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			zì shā 
		to kill oneself
to commit suicide
to attempt suicide
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shā jūn 
		disinfectant
to disinfect
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zǎi shā 
		to slaughter
to butcher
to put down
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fēng shā 
		to shut out
to block
to smother
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mǒ shā 
		to erase
to cover traces
to obliterate evidence
to expunge
to blot out
to suppress
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wù shā 
		to mistakenly kill
manslaughter
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tú shā 
		to massacre
massacre
bloodbath
carnage
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			nüè shā 
		to mistreat and kill
to torture to death
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sī shā 
		to fight at close quarters
hand-to-hand
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shā shǒu 
		killer
murderer
hit man
(sports) formidable player
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			móu shā 
		to murder
to assassinate
intentional homicide
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cì shā 
		to assassinate
(military) to fight with a bayonet
(baseball) to put out (a baserunner)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shā qì 
		murderous spirit
aura of death
to vent one's anger
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shā rén 
		homicide
to murder
to kill (a person)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shā jià 
		to beat down the price
to haggle
to slash one's prices
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǔ shā 
		to hunt and kill (an animal or fish)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shā shāng lì 
		killing or wounding power of a weapon
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shā shēng 
		to take the life of a living creature
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shā rén àn 
		murder case
homicide case
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Nán jīng dà tú shā 
		the Nanjing massacre of December 1937
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shè shā 
		to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow)