凶手 meaning and pronunciation

凶手
Simplified/traditional word

凶手 English definition

xiōng shǒu
  • assailant
  • murderer
  • assassin

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  • 凶 (xiōng): vicious; fierce; ominous; inauspicious; famine; variant of 兇|凶[xiong1];
  • 手 (shǒu): hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1];