毒药 meaning in English

dúyào

poison

Traditional 毒藥18 strokes

Meaning of 毒药

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dúyào
  1. poison

毒药 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā误wù服fú了le毒dú药yào。
He took poison by mistake.
矛máo尖jiān浸jìn在zài一yī种zhǒng致zhì命mìng的de毒dú药yào里lǐ。
The tip of the spear was dipped in a deadly poison.
这zhè毒dú药yào用yòng来lái治zhì蟑zhāng螂láng很hěn有yǒu效xiào。
This poison is very effective in getting rid of roaches.

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毒 dú · poison · 9 strokes

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药 yào · medicine · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 毒药.

药片yàopiàna (medicine) pill or tablet
药店yàodiànpharmacy; drugstore
药水yàoshuǐmedicine in liquid form; bottled medicine
药物yàowùmedicaments; pharmaceuticals
病毒bìngdúvirus
有毒yǒu dúpoisonous
中毒zhòngdúto be poisoned
消毒xiāodúto disinfect; to sterilize
杀毒shādúto disinfect; (computing) to destroy a computer virus
中药zhōngyàotraditional Chinese medicine
毒品dúpǐndrugs; narcotics
吸毒xīdúto take drugs

Questions about 毒药

What does 毒药 mean?

毒药 (dúyào) means "poison".

How do you write 毒药?

毒药 is made of 2 characters: 毒 (9 strokes), 药 (9 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

How is 毒药 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 毒药 is written 毒藥.