中毒

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	poison; narcotics
trad. (中毒)		中	毒
simp. #(中毒)		中	毒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòngdú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung³ duk⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chung-thu̍k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiòng-to̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dong³ dag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngdú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngdú
    • Wade–Giles: chung⁴-tu²
    • Yale: jùng-dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqdwu
    • Palladius: чжунду (čžundu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ tu³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung³ duk⁶
    • Yale: jung duhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung³ duk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung³ dug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ tʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chung-thu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung tug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung⁴ tug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ⁵⁵ tʰuk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiòng-to̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tiòng-to̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diorngdok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dong³ dag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tòng ta̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tak̚⁴/

Verb

中毒

1. to be poisoned

   中毒外因  ―  zhòngdú wàiyīn  ―  external cause of poisoning

   我中毒了！  ―  Wǒ zhòngdú le!  ―  I've been poisoned!

2. to be intoxicated (under the influence of a substance)

   可卡因中毒  ―  kěkǎyīn zhòngdú  ―  cocaine intoxication

3. (figurative) to be deceived into believing something wrong; to be brainwashed

Derived terms

• 一氧化碳中毒
• 中毒性 (zhòngdúxìng)
• 嗎啡中毒 / 吗啡中毒
• 大麻中毒
• 工業中毒 / 工业中毒
• 氟化物中毒
• 氰中毒
• 氯氣中毒 / 氯气中毒
• 水中毒 (shuǐzhòngdú)
• 水銀中毒 / 水银中毒 (shuǐyínzhòngdú)
• 汞中毒 (gǒngzhòngdú)
• 溴中毒
• 瓦斯中毒
• 藥物中毒 / 药物中毒
• 酒精中毒 (jiǔjīng zhòngdú)
• 酸中毒 (suānzhòngdú)
• 醇中毒 (chúnzhòngdú)
• 醇類中毒 / 醇类中毒 (chúnlèi zhòngdú)
• 金屬中毒 / 金属中毒
• 鉛中毒 / 铅中毒 (qiānzhòngdú)
• 鎘中毒 / 镉中毒 (gé zhòngdú)
• 食物中毒 (shíwù zhòngdú)
• 鹼中毒 / 碱中毒 (jiǎnzhòngdú)

 

See also

• 成癮／成瘾 (chéngyǐn)
• 上癮／上瘾 (shàngyǐn)

References

• “Entry #678”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	毒
ちゅう Grade: 1	どく Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

中(ちゅう)毒(どく) • (chūdoku) 

1. addiction

   中毒(ちゅうどく)になることは考(かんが)えにくいです。

   Chūdoku ni naru koto wa kangaenikui desu.

   You're unlikely to become addicted.

2. poisoning

Synonyms

• (addiction): 依存性(いぞんせい) (izonsei)

Derived terms

• 食中毒(しょくちゅうどく) (shokuchūdoku, “food poisoning”)
• 中毒死(ちゅうどくし) (chūdokushi, “death by poisoning”)
• アルコール中毒(ちゅうどく) (arukōru chūdoku, “alcoholism”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
中	毒

Noun

中毒 • (jungdok) (hangeul 중독)

1. hanja form^? of 중독 (“dependence, addiction”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
中	毒

Verb

中毒

1. chữ Hán form of trúng độc (“to get poisoned”).