屠 tú
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 尸 — body, corpse
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
屠杀
túshā
to massacre; slaughter
Characters in this word
杀 shā
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 乂 to govern 木 tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 纪念馆用大量档案揭露了那场屠杀的真实规模。 Jìniànguǎn yòng dàliàng dàng'àn jiēlù le nà chǎng túshā de zhēnshí guīmó. The memorial hall used a large number of archives to reveal the true scale of that massacre.
- 博物馆记录了那场屠杀的历史，提醒人们珍惜和平。 Bówùguǎn jìlù le nà chǎng túshā de lìshǐ, tíxǐng rénmen zhēnxī hépíng. The museum preserves the history of that massacre, reminding people to cherish peace.
- 历史课上，老师讲到那场屠杀时全教室都很安静。 Lìshǐ kè shàng, lǎoshī jiǎngdào nà chǎng túshā shí quán jiàoshì dōu hěn ānjìng. In history class, when the teacher spoke about that massacre, the whole classroom fell silent.
Related words
- 杀 shā to kill
- 杀毒 shādú to remove viruses
- 自杀 zìshā to kill oneself
- 抹杀 mǒshā to deny; to obliterate; to write off
- 杀害 shāhài to kill; to murder
- 杀手 shāshǒu killer; murderer; hitman
- 阴谋 yīnmóu conspiracy; plot
- 折腾 zhēteng to toss about; to trouble; to torment; to busy oneself with
- 重创 zhòngchuāng to inflict heavy damage; to suffer a severe blow
- 折磨 zhémó to torment; to torture; to make suffer
- 罪魁祸首 zuìkuíhuòshǒu chief culprit; main cause of trouble
- 栽赃 zāizāng to frame someone; to plant false evidence