中 zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
中毒
zhòngdú
to be poisoned
Characters in this word
毒 dú
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 母 — mother
- Made of
- 龶 growing plant 母 mother
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他食物中毒。 Tā shíwù zhòngdú. He has food poisoning.
- 她中毒了。 Tā zhòngdú le. She was poisoned.
- 小狗中毒了。 Xiǎogǒu zhòngdú le. The puppy was poisoned.
Related words
- 中 zhōng middle, center; in, during
- 中国 Zhōngguó China
- 中间 zhōngjiān middle; between, among
- 中文 Zhōngwén Chinese (language)
- 中午 zhōngwǔ noon, midday
- 中学 zhōngxué middle school
- 中学生 zhōngxuéshēng middle school student
- 高中 gāozhōng senior high school
- 其中 qízhōng among them
- 心中 xīnzhōng in one's heart
- 中餐 zhōngcān Chinese food
- 中级 zhōngjí intermediate level