poison; poisonous; to poison

HSK 5 #947

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 947th character
Radical ⽏ (80.4)
Strokes 9
Index # 1362

Definitions

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

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Words containing 毒

Word Meaning
food poisoning
highly toxic; extremely poisonous
gas mask
vicious attack; deadly blow; treacherous assault
the AIDS virus; human immune deficiency virus (HIV)
beat up
a poison; a toxic agent; poison gas
malignant tumor
vicious; malicious; savage
to detoxify; to relieve fever (in Chinese medicine)
harmless; lit. not poisonous; innocuous
disinfectant
to strike treacherously; to attack murderously
poisonous insect (or spider etc); (slang) junkie
snake venom
to take poison
drug prohibition
to kill by poisoning
cruel; vicious; sinister
to fight fire with fire; to fight evil with evil
toxicology
poison gas shell; poison gas grenade
torment; great suffering; cruelty
to poison; fig. to spread vicious rumors
vicious; ruthless; malevolent