毒

Poison in Chinese: 毒 (dú)

dú

poison

HSK 3.0 Level 51 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1poison
  2. 2to poison
  3. 3poisonous
  4. 4malicious
  5. 5cruel
  6. 6fierce
  7. 7narcotics

Stroke order

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毒

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄨˊ

dú

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 这种药有毒，不能多吃。

    zhè zhǒng yào yǒu dú， bù néng duō chī。

    This medicine is poisonous, so you can't take too much of it.

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Related words

病毒

bìng dú

virus

杀毒

shā dú

to disinfect

消毒

xiāo dú

to disinfect

有毒

yǒu dú

poisonous

中毒

zhòng dú

to be poisoned

毒品

dú pǐn

drugs

吸毒

xī dú

to take drugs

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