宰
Meaning
zǎi zai3
- to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc)
- (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge
- (bound form) to govern; to rule
- (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)
Example sentences
- Everyone ought to be a master of his own destiny.
HSK words with 宰
More words with 宰
- 宰人 zǎirén to overcharge
- 宰相 zǎixiàng prime minister (in feudal China)
- 宰制 zǎizhì to rule
- 宰客 zǎikè to cheat customers
- 宰杀 zǎishā to slaughter (an animal for meat)
- 宰了 zǎile (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb)
- 宰割 zǎigē to slaughter
- 挨宰 áizǎi to get ripped off
- 屠宰 túzǎi to slaughter
- 主宰者 zhǔzǎizhě ruler