Chinese symbol for “junkie”
毒虫
dú chóng
Traditional: 毒蟲
poisonous insect (or spider etc); venomous snake; (slang) junkie
The closest CC-CEDICT match for junkie is 毒虫 (dú chóng), defined as: poisonous insect (or spider etc); venomous snake; (slang) junkie.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “junkie”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中毒者 | zhòng dú zhě | poisoned person (food poisoning, drug overdose or toxic exposure); (coll.) addict; junkie; enthusiast (video games, shopping etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 毒虫.
| 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 |
| 昆虫 (昆蟲) | kūn chóng | insect; 只 (zhī),群 (qún),堆 (duī) |
| 杀虫剂 (殺蟲劑) | shā chóng jì | insecticide; pesticide |
See also: Japanese symbol for “junkie”.
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.