Chinese symbol for “poisonous”
有毒
yǒu dú
poisonous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for poisonous is 有毒 (yǒu dú), defined as: poisonous.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “poisonous”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毒 | dú | poison; to poison |
| 酖 | zhèn | poisonous; to poison |
| 中毒性 | zhòng dú xìng | poisonous; toxic |
| 鸩 (鴆) | zhèn | legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison; poisonous |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 有毒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 没有 (沒有) | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all; to have; to possess; to own |
| 还有 (還有) | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition |
| 只有 | zhǐ yǒu | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng gu |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
| 有关 (有關) | yǒu guān | to have sth to do with; to relate to |
| 病毒 | bìng dú | virus |
| 毒品 | dú pǐn | drugs; narcotics |
See also: Japanese symbol for “poisonous”.
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.