牺
xī
sacrifice, give up; sacrificial
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 牛
- HSK
- 6
- Tone
- 1
Traditional form: 犧
Stroke order
Example sentences
他没有牺牲生命，也没有出卖组织。
Tā méi yǒu xī shēng shēng mìng yě méi yǒu chū mài zǔ zhī
He did not sacrifice his life, nor did he sell out his organization.
为了救许多人牺牲一个人是否道德？
Wèi le jiù xǔ duō rén xī shēng yī gè rén shì fǒu dào dé
Would it be ethical to sacrifice one person to save many?
他以牺牲自己的健康为代价完成了这项工作。
Tā yǐ xī shēng zì jǐ de jiàn kāng wéi dài jià wán chéng le zhè xiàng gōng zuò
He did it at the expense of his health.
俄罗斯对在人质事件中牺牲的人们表示哀悼。
É luó sī duì zài rén zhì shì jiàn zhōng xī shēng de rén men biǎo shì āi dào
Russia expresses regret for those lost in the hostage incident.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words containing 牺
- 牺牲xī shēng 1–1 to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice