| 1 | 杀 | 殺 | shā | sha1 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | | |
| 2 | 杀死 | 殺死 | shā sǐ | sha1 si3 | to kill | | |
| 3 | 杀人 | 殺人 | shā rén | sha1 ren2 | homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) | | |
| 4 | 自杀 | 自殺 | zì shā | zi4 sha1 | to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide | | |
| 5 | 屠杀 | 屠殺 | tú shā | tu2 sha1 | to massacre; massacre; bloodbath; carnage | | |
| 6 | 杀害 | 殺害 | shā hài | sha1 hai4 | to murder | | |
| 7 | 杀菌 | 殺菌 | shā jūn | sha1 jun1 | to kill germs; to disinfect; to sterilize | | |
| 8 | 扼杀 | 扼殺 | è shā | e4 sha1 | to strangle; to throttle | | |
| 9 | 杀菌剂 | 殺菌劑 | shā jūn jì | sha1 jun1 ji4 | a disinfectant | | |
| 10 | 暗杀 | 暗殺 | àn shā | an4 sha1 | to assassinate | | |
| 11 | 反杀 | 反殺 | fǎn shā | fan3 sha1 | to respond to an assault by killing one's assailant | | |
| 12 | 相爱相杀 | 相愛相殺 | xiāng ài xiāng shā | xiang1 ai4 xiang1 sha1 | to have a love-hate relationship with each other | | |
| 13 | 大杀风景 | 大殺風景 | dà shā fēng jǐng | da4 sha1 feng1 jing3 | to be a blot on the landscape; to dampen spirits; to spoil the fun; to be a wet blanket | | |
| 14 | 大屠杀 | 大屠殺 | dà tú shā | da4 tu2 sha1 | massacre; Holocaust | | |
| 15 | 打杀 | 打殺 | dǎ shā | da3 sha1 | to kill | | |
| 16 | 打打杀杀 | 打打殺殺 | dǎ dǎ shā shā | da3 da3 sha1 sha1 | Fighting and killing | | |
| 17 | 大屠杀事件 | 大屠殺事件 | dà tú shā shì jiàn | da4 tu2 sha1 shi4 jian4 | massacre; Holocaust | | |
| 18 | 残杀者 | 殘殺者 | cán shā zhě | can2 sha1 zhe3 | killer; butcher; slaughterer | | |
| 19 | 残杀 | 殘殺 | cán shā | can2 sha1 | to massacre; to slaughter | | |
| 20 | 残忍好杀 | 殘忍好殺 | cán rěn hào shā | can2 ren3 hao4 sha1 | bloodthirsty (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 不杀不辱 | 不殺不辱 | bù shā bù rǔ | bu4 sha1 bu4 ru3 | to neither kill nor humiliate (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 自相残杀 | 自相殘殺 | zì xiāng cán shā | zi4 xiang1 can2 sha1 | to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife | | |
| 23 | 被自杀 | 被自殺 | bèi zì shā | bei4 zi4 sha1 | a death claimed to be a suicide by the authorities | | |
| 24 | 背杀 | 背殺 | bèi shā | bei4 sha1 | (slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind; sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face; abbr. for 背影杀手 | | |
| 25 | 棒杀 | 棒殺 | bàng shā | bang4 sha1 | to bludgeon to death; (fig.) to defeat sb by publicly criticizing them | | |