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毒

Mandarin · pinyin dú

Meanings

  1. poison
  2. to poison
  3. poisonous
  4. malicious
  5. cruel
  6. fierce
  7. narcotics
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毒
dú · poison, venom; poisonous
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2 · du2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

doi6 · dou6 · duk1 · duk6

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character

  1. poison; toxin; venom; bane
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) calamity; disaster; trouble
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) pain; suffering
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) crime; evil
  5. to poison; to administer poison to
  6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to harm; to injure
  7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to hate; to resent
  8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 督 (dū, “to manage; to govern”)
  9. poisonous; noxious
  10. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) heavy; thick
  11. (figurative) pernicious influence; harmful influence
  12. severe; fierce; violent
  13. malicious; cruel; sinister
  14. (literary, or in compounds) narcotics; narcotic drugs
  15. (Hong Kong Cantonese) nerdy

character

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wenzhounese, colloquial) to poison; to administer poison to

character

  1. only used in 毒冒, an alternative form of 玳瑁 (dàimào)

character

  1. (Northern Wu) alternative form of 踱 (8doq, “dumb,dull”)

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