Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

poison; narcotics

Chinese: 毒、毒物;也表示毒害、狠毒。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “du” becomes a different word in each tone. 毒 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 病毒bìng dúvirus
  • 中毒zhòng dúto be poisoned
  • 消毒xiāo dúto disinfect; to sterilize
  • 有毒yǒu dúpoisonous
  • 杀毒shā dúto disinfect; (computing) to destroy a computer virus

Example Sentence

有些野蘑菇是有毒的,不能吃。Yǒu xiē yě mó gu shì yǒu dú de, bù néng chī.Some wild mushrooms are poisonous and cannot be eaten.

有些Yǒu xiēsomefield蘑菇mó gumushroomshìis有毒yǒu dúpoisonousdeof不能bù néngcannotchīto eat