zǎi

to slaughter livestock; to cheat customers

HSK 6 #2080

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 2080th character
Radical ⼧ (40.7)
Strokes 10
Index # 2106

Definitions

宰 zǎi
  1. 1. to slaughter livestock
  2. 2. to cheat customers
  3. 3. to govern or rule
  4. 4. imperial official in dynastic China

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Words containing 宰

Word Meaning
kill the chickens and butcher the geese (idiom)
the Iron Chancellor Bismarck; tough, hard leader
Iron Chancellor; esp. Bismarck