牺牲 xīshēng

HSK level

Traditional form

犧牲

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

牺 xī

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 牛 Niú represents the meaning and 西 Xī represents the sound. Simplified form of 犧 xī .

Phonetic compound

西 Xī

Semantic compound

牛 Niú

Positional decomposition

⿰牛西

Number of Strokes

牲 shēng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 牛 Niú represents the meaning and 生 shēng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

生 shēng

Semantic compound

牛 Niú

Positional decomposition

⿰牛生

Number of Strokes

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我 wǒ 可 kě 不 bù 愿意 yuànyì 牺牲 xīshēng 一 yī 天 tiān 休假 xiū jià 日 Rì 单单 dān dān 陪 péi 简 jiǎn 去 qù 买 mǎi 东西 dōngxī .

I'm not sacrificing my day off just to go shopping with Jane.

每天 měi tiān 都 dōu 有 yǒu 几 jī 百 Bǎi 人 rén 染 rǎn 上 shǎng 这种 zhè zhǒng 可怕 kěpà 的 de 传染病 chuán rǎn bìng 而 ér 牺牲 xīshēng .

Daily, hundreds fell a sacrifice to the terrible epidemic.

" 她 tā 真 zhēn 是 shì 个 gè 有 yǒu 胆量 dǎn liàng 的 de 姑娘 gūniang , " 托尼说 shuì , " 只 zhǐ 可惜 kěxī 她 tā 命 mìng 太 tài 苦 kǔ 了 le , 乔 qiáo 居然 jūrán 牺牲 xīshēng 了 le .

'she's a spunky girl,' said Tony, " and it's rotten luck for her, Joe getting killed.

杰斯林 Lín 牺牲 xīshēng 自己 zìjǐ 的 de 生命 shēngmìng 把 bǎ 孩子 háizi 从 Cóng 火 Huǒ 中 Zhōng 救 jiù 了 le 出来 chū lái .

Jacelin sacrificed his life to save the child from the fire.

神殿 shén diàn 里 lǐ 供奉 gòng fèng 着 zhāo 牺牲 xīshēng 、鬯 chàng 酒 jiǔ 和 hé 贡 Gòng 香 xiāng 。

At the shrine of the god there were offerings, libations and incense.

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 牺牲 xīshēng and their own compounds.

牺 xī

西 Xī

兀 wù

一 yī , 儿 ér

口 kǒu

牲 shēng

生 shēng

一 yī , 牛 Niú

See all Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 牺牲 xīshēng in their composition.

牺 xī

牲 shēng

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