屠 (tú): to slaughter (animals for food), to massacre
屠 (tú) is a Chinese character meaning “to slaughter (animals for food).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 尸 (semantic) and 者 (phonetic). It ranks #2123 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 屠 corpse. Its radical form 尸 (corpse) appears in many related characters such as 层 (céng, to pile on top of one another), 尽 (jǐn, to the greatest extent), 屋 (wū, (bound form) house).
Definitions
- to slaughter (animals for food)
- to massacre
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屠杀 | tú shā | to massacre |
| 大屠杀 | dà tú shā | massacre |
| 屠夫 | tú fū | butcher |
| 屠宰场 | tú zǎi chǎng | slaughterhouse |
| 屠宰 | tú zǎi | to slaughter |
| 屠刀 | tú dāo | butcher's knife |
| 屠戮 | tú lù | slaughter |
| 南京大屠杀 | nán jīng dà tú shā | the Nanjing Massacre (1937-38) |
| 屠户 | tú hù | butcher |
| 屠场 | tú chǎng | slaughterhouse |
| 七级浮屠 | qī jí fú tú | seven floor pagoda |
| 屠格涅夫 | tú gé niè fū | Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), Russian novelist |
| 屠城 | tú chéng | to massacre everyone in a captured city |
| 救人一命胜造七级浮屠 | jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú | saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom) |
| 放下屠刀，立地成佛 | fàng xià tú dāo , lì dì chéng fó | lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom) |
屠 appears in 24 compound words: 58 as the first character, 21 as the last, and 21 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 屠 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
屠字在日常生活中使用频率较低。
tú zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .
The character "屠" is not commonly used in everyday life.
中职/张佑铭再见保送屠鹰 郭郁政优质先发未夺胜仍获MVP
zhōng zhí zhāng yòu míng zài jiàn bǎo sòng tú yīng guō yù zhèng yōu zhì xiān fā wèi duó shèng réng huò M V P
南京大屠杀纪念馆去年接待1.6万港人 馆方:史料...
nán jīng dà tú shā jì niàn guǎn qù nián jiē dài 1 . 6 wàn gǎng rén guǎn fāng : shǐ liào . . .
The Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall welcomed 16,000 visitors from Hong Kong last year; museum officials say: Historical materials...
北上注意—黑猪肉被揭4个月前屠宰 深圳山姆涉急冻肉当冰鲜出售
běi shàng zhù yì — hēi zhū ròu bèi jiē 4 gè yuè qián tú zǎi shēn 圳 shān mǔ shè jí dòng ròu dāng bīng xiān chū shòu
Beijing and Shenzhen Residents Take Note—Black Pork Found to Have Been Slaughtered Four Months Ago; Shenzhen Sam's Club Accused of Selling Frozen Meat as Fresh
...曝光!厨余蒸煮超敷衍...疫情爆发继续送屠宰场
. . . pù guāng ! chú yú zhēng zhǔ chāo fū yǎn . . . yì qíng bào fā jì xù sòng tú zǎi chǎng
... Exposure! Cooking of kitchen waste is super perfunctory... The outbreak continues to be sent to the slaughterhouse
屠夫的刀子在抽屉里
Túfū de dāozi zài chōuti lǐ
The butcher knife is in the drawer.
许多自然环境保护主义者担心持续屠杀鲸鱼正推动这些动物走向灭绝。
Xǔduō zìrán huánjìng bǎohù zhǔyì zhě dānxīn chíxù túshā jīngyú zhèng tuīdòng zhèxiē dòngwù zǒuxiàng mièjué.
Many conservationists fear the continuing slaughter of whales is pushing these animals towards extinction.
汤姆在网上免费为政府写宣传，但他在他的家乡被政府屠杀时哭了。
Tāngmǔ zài wǎngshàng miǎnfèi wèi zhèngfǔ xiě xuānchuán, dàn tā zài tā de jiāxiāng bèi zhèngfǔ túshā shí kū le.
Tom wrote propaganda online without pay for the government, but cried when everyone in his hometown was massacred by the government.
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