Meaning of 毒品
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- drugs; narcotics
How to use 毒品
毒品 refers to illegal recreational drugs, not medicine. It appears often in news, laws and public campaigns, usually with verbs like 吸 (xī, to take) or 贩卖 (fànmài, to traffic). Example: 吸毒品对身体危害很大。(Xī dúpǐn duì shēntǐ wēihài hěn dà.) Taking drugs is very harmful to the body.
毒 (dú) means poison and 品 (pǐn) means goods or products, so 毒品 is literally "poison goods." Picture 品 as three boxes of product, and the 毒 label on them tells you what is inside.
Common mistake: Learners often use 毒品 for medicine because English "drugs" covers both. Medicine is 药 (yào) or 药品 (yàopǐn), and calling a pharmacy drug 毒品 sounds like you mean narcotics.
毒品 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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毒 dú · poison · 9 strokes
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品 pǐn · article · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 毒品.
| 作品 | zuòpǐn | work (of art); opus |
| 食品 | shípǐn | foodstuff; food; provisions |
| 商品 | shāngpǐn | commodity; goods; merchandise |
| 产品 | chǎnpǐn | goods; merchandise |
| 品质 | pǐnzhì | character; intrinsic quality (of a person) |
| 病毒 | bìngdú | virus |
| 有毒 | yǒu dú | poisonous |
| 中毒 | zhòngdú | to be poisoned |
| 消毒 | xiāodú | to disinfect; to sterilize |
| 品种 | pǐnzhǒng | breed; variety |
| 工艺品 | gōngyìpǐn | handicraft article; handiwork |
| 杀毒 | shādú | to disinfect; (computing) to destroy a computer virus |
Questions about 毒品
What does 毒品 mean?
毒品 (dúpǐn) means "drugs; narcotics" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 毒品?
毒品 is made of 2 characters: 毒 (9 strokes), 品 (9 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.
Is 毒品 an HSK word?
Yes. 毒品 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 毒品 and 毒药?
毒品 (dúpǐn) is narcotics that people abuse, like heroin. 毒药 (dúyào) is poison meant to kill or harm, such as rat poison.
How do you say "to take drugs" or "drug addict" in Chinese?
"To take drugs" is 吸毒 (xīdú), and a drug addict is often called 吸毒者 (xīdúzhě). Selling drugs is 贩毒 (fàndú), and quitting drugs is 戒毒 (jièdú).