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虐待

nüè dài

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

虐待 (nüè dài) means "to mistreat; to maltreat; to abuse". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 虐待 means

1. to mistreat
2. to maltreat
3. to abuse
4. mistreatment
5. maltreatment

The characters in 虐待

• 虐nüè(bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh; (literary) disaster; catastrophe
• 待dàito wait; to treat; to deal with

Example sentences

• 她虐待我。
  She mistreats me.
• 不要虐待动物。
  Bù yào nüèdài dòngwù.
  Don't be cruel to animals.
• 他受到严重的虐待。
  Tā shòudào yánzhòng de nüèdài.
  He was treated with great cruelty.
• 据说汤姆虐待妻子。
  Jùshuō Tāngmǔ nüèdài qīzi.
  Tom is said to mistreat his wife.
• 保护动物不受虐待。
  Protect animals from cruelty.
• 坏孩子们喜欢虐待动物。
  Bad children love to torment animals.

Words starting with 虐待

• 虐待狂nüè dài kuángsadism; sadist

Words containing 虐待

• 性虐待xìng nüè dàisexual abuse

Where 虐待 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · é–Oū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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