Traditional: 兇手
凶手 (xiōng shǒu) means “murderer; assassin”. It is an HSK 6 Chinese word (traditional 兇手) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
警方正在追捕凶手。
Jǐngfāng zhèngzài zhuībǔ xiōngshǒu.
The police are hunting for the murderer.
Updated: 2026-05-27