shēng
牲 (shēng) is a Chinese word meaning “domestic animal; sacrificial animal”.
Meanings
- 1domestic animal
- 2sacrificial animal
Related words
牺牲to sacrifice one's life牺牲品sacrificial victim牲口animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc)牲畜farm animal; livestock三牲the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish)牲体body of an animal (or human) killed sacrificially牲礼(religion) to sacrifice牺牲打sacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball)牺牲者sb who sacrifices himself祭牲sacrificial animal英勇牺牲to heroically sacrifice one's life畜牲variant of 畜生[chu4 sheng5]