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中毒

zhòng dú

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

中毒 (zhòng dú) means "to be poisoned". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 中毒 means

1. to be poisoned

The characters in 中毒

• 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 毒dúpoison; to poison; poisonous

Example sentences

• 那台电脑中毒了。
  The computer has a virus.
• 您曾经食物中毒过吗？
  Nín céngjīng shíwùzhòngdú guo ma?
  Have you ever had food poisoning?
• Tom汞中毒，因为他每天吃罐装鲔鱼。
  T om gǒng zhòngdú, yīnwèi tā měitiān chī guànzhuāng wěiyú.
  Tom got mercury poisoning because he ate canned tuna every day.
• 因为酷暑一直持续着，请谨防食物中毒。
  Hot weather will continue, so please watch out for food poisoning.
• 因为酷暑一直持续着，请务必注意食物中毒。
  Hot weather will continue, so please watch out for food poisoning.
• Tom汞中毒了，因为他每天都吃罐装金枪鱼。
  T om gǒng zhòngdú le, yīnwèi tā měitiān dōu chī guànzhuāng jīnqiāngyú.
  Tom got mercury poisoning from eating canned tuna every day.

Words starting with 中毒

• 中毒性zhòng dú xìngpoisonous; toxic
• 中毒者zhòng dú zhěpoisoned person (food poisoning, drug overdose or toxic exposure); (colloquial) addict…

Words containing 中毒

• 食物中毒shí wù zhòng dúfood poisoning
• 酒精中毒jiǔ jīng zhòng dúalcoholism; alcohol poisoning
• 血中毒xuè zhòng dúblood poisoning
• 肉毒中毒ròu dú zhòng dúbotulism
• 砷中毒shēn zhòng dúarsenic poisoning

Sounds the same

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