杀害

• 拼音: shā hài
• 汉字拆解: 杀 = 朱 (phonetic) + 殳 (weapon/strike) = to kill with force; 害 = 宀 (roof/shelter) + 亥 (phonetic/damage component) = harm, damage — 杀害 = to deliberately harm and kill

含义

To kill; to murder; to deliberately take someone's life. Used specifically for intentional homicide.

A formal legal and journalistic term emphasising deliberate, intentional killing. More specific and serious than the general 杀 (to kill). Typically appears in passive constructions: 被杀害 (was murdered). Contrasts with 误杀 (accidental killing) and 自卫杀人 (killing in self-defence).

例句

1. 案件调查显示，受害者是在深夜返回公寓的途中遭歹徒跟踪并杀害的，警方已展开大规模排查工作。
2. 这部历史纪录片详细还原了那位爱国诗人被当权者秘密杀害的经过，令观众无不为之义愤填膺。
3. 检察机关以故意杀害他人为由对嫌疑人提起诉讼，要求法院依法判处最高刑罚。

用法指南

语境: legal, crime, journalism, history

语气: serious

正确说法

• 法庭审理期间，公诉人出示了多项关键证据，证明被告确系有预谋地杀害了受害者，而非出于激情冲动。(During the court proceedings, the prosecutor presented multiple key pieces of evidence proving that the defendant had premeditated the murder of the victim, rather than acting out of a momentary impulse.)
• 这位革命烈士在敌军占领期间拒绝出卖同志，最终被秘密杀害，其英勇事迹被载入当地史册永久纪念。(This revolutionary martyr refused to betray his comrades during the enemy's occupation and was ultimately killed in secret; his courageous deeds were recorded in local historical annals for permanent commemoration.)

错误说法

• 他杀害了一只蚊子 — 杀害 is exclusively for the deliberate killing of human beings; use 打死 or 消灭 for killing insects, animals, or microbes

起源与历史

杀 = 朱 (red/vermilion, phonetic) + 殳 (weapon used to strike) = to strike and kill; 害 = 宀 (roof) + 口 (mouth) + 亥 (twelfth earthly branch) = to harm/damage

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal