毒 (dú) means Poisonous (poison). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我的电脑中了病 毒 。
Wǒ de diànnǎo zhòng le bìngdú.
My computer has caught a virus.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 病毒
用酒精给伤口消 毒 。
Yòng jiǔjīng gěi shāngkǒu xiāodú.
Disinfect the wound with alcohol.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 酒精
伤口一定要先消 毒 。
Shāngkǒu yídìng yào xiān xiāo dú.
The wound must be disinfected first.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 消毒
餐具每天都要消 毒 。
Cānjù měi tiān dōu yào xiāo dú.
The tableware must be sterilised every day.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 消毒
这种病 毒 传播得很快。
Zhè zhǒng bìngdú chuánbō de hěn kuài.
This virus spreads very quickly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 病毒
警方查获了一批 毒 品。
Jǐngfāng cháhuò le yì pī dúpǐn.
The police seized a quantity of narcotics.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 毒品
伤口发炎了，需要消 毒 。
Shāngkǒu fāyán le, xūyào xiāodú.
The wound has become infected and needs disinfecting.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 发炎
任何形式的 毒 品都是违法的。
Rènhé xíngshì de dúpǐn dōu shì wéifǎ de.
Drugs in any form are illegal.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 毒品
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Words that contain 毒
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Questions about 毒
How is 毒 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 毒 (dú, "Poisonous (poison)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 毒 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 毒 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 毒?
The dictionary page for 毒 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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