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Chinese symbol for “alcoholism”

酒精中毒
jiǔ jīng zhòng dú
alcoholism; alcohol poisoning

The closest CC-CEDICT match for alcoholism is 酒精中毒 (jiǔ jīng zhòng dú), defined as: alcoholism; alcohol poisoning.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

酒 jiǔ
wine, spirits, liquor, alcohol
radical 164 ⾣ · 10 strokes
精 jīng
essence, germ, spirit
radical 119 ⽶ · 14 strokes
中 zhòng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Ch
radical 2 ⼁ · 4 strokes
毒 dú
poison, venom; drug, narcotic
radical 80 ⽏ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 酒精中毒.

WordPinyinMeaning
酒店jiǔ diànwine shop; pub (public house)
酒吧jiǔ bābar (place to buy drinks); measure word: 家 (jiā)
喝酒hē jiǔto drink (alcohol)
啤酒pí jiǔbeer (loanword); measure word: 杯 (bēi), 瓶 (píng), 罐 (guàn), 桶 (tǒng), 缸 (gāng)
酒精jiǔ jīng(coll.) ethanol; ethyl alcohol
葡萄酒pú tao jiǔ(grape) wine
精神jīng shénspirit; mind
精彩jīng cǎiwonderful; marvelous
其中qí zhōngamong; in
病毒bìng dúvirus

See also: Japanese symbol for “alcoholism”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.