Chinese symbol for “corrupt”
毒害
dú hài
to harm (sb's health) with narcotics etc; to poison (people's minds); to corrupt; pernicious influence
The closest CC-CEDICT match for corrupt is 毒害 (dú hài), defined as: to harm (sb's health) with narcotics etc; to poison (people's minds); to corrupt; pernicious influence.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “corrupt”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腐败 (腐敗) | fǔ bài | corruption; to corrupt |
| 蛀蚀 (蛀蝕) | zhù shí | to corrupt; to erode |
| 堕落 (墮落) | duò luò | to degrade; to degenerate |
| 贪 (貪) | tān | to have a voracious desire for; to covet |
| 败坏 (敗壞) | bài huài | to ruin; to corrupt |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 毒害.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 病毒 | bìng dú | virus |
| 毒品 | dú pǐn | drugs; narcotics |
| 有毒 | yǒu dú | poisonous |
| 中毒 | zhòng dú | to be poisoned |
| 毒药 (毒藥) | dú yào | poison |
| 吸毒 | xī dú | to take drugs |
| 伤害 (傷害) | shāng hài | to injure; to harm |
| 害怕 | hài pà | to be afraid; to be scared |
See also: Japanese symbol for “corrupt”.
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.