犧牲
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Pronunciation
Peng'im: hi1 sêng1
POJ: hi-seng
Variety: chaozhou
POJ: hi-seng
Variety: chaozhou
Meanings and usage
verb: to sacrifice oneself; to give one's life for a cause, to sacrifice (give up something valuable); to abandon
犧牲
犧牲
Wiktionary lists both a noun sense (sacrificial offering) and a verb sense (to sacrifice/give up) under the identical reading hi1 sêng1; the verb sense was chosen as more commonly used in everyday speech.