毒 (duk6 | du2) : poison; poisonous; narcotics

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毒

duk6

du2

[1] [n] poison; toxin; harmful influence
[2] [adj] poisonous; toxic; malicious
[3] [v] poison; damage; spoil
[4] [n] narcotics; narcotic drugs

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 毋 (#80)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

毒

Don't confuse with:
毐

This word has been viewed 14579 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Dec 2014 04:47

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藏毒 cong4 duk6 cang2 du2 = drug possession

病毒 beng6 duk6 bing4 du2 = virus

毒品 duk6 ban2 du2 pin3 = drugs (generally illicit); poison

中毒 zung3 duk6 zhong4 du2 = to be poisoned; intoxication, poisoning, toxication

吸毒 kap1 duk6 xi1 du2 = to take drugs

消毒 siu1 duk6 xiao1 du2 = to disinfect; disinfection

毒藥 duk6 joek6 = poisonous medicine

毒性 duk6 sing3 du2 xing4 = toxicity

毒害 duk6 hoi6 du2 hai4 = to poison (sb.'s mind); to infect; to corrupt; bane

毒氣 duk6 hei3 = [1] poisonous gas; [2] mephitis
See all 113 compounds (CantoDict reports 124 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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啲蚊零舍毒，咬嚫啲蚊赧到而家都未消粵
These mosquitoes especially potent as the swellings from their bites have yet to subside.

用火燂下支針消毒粵
Disinfect the needle with fire.

毒品調查科已經懸紅五百萬通緝毒梟。
The Narcotics Bureau has offered a reward of five million dollars for the arrest of the drug lord.

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Decimal representation of this word: 毒
Unicode code for this character: U+6bd2 (off-site link)

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