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消毒剂xiāo dú jì
disinfectant
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 消毒剂 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 消毒劑 | ||
| 消毒劑 | xiāodújì | |
| 1. n. disinfectant | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| disinfectant | ||
| 1. 消毒的 | ||
| 2. 杀菌的 | ||
| 3. 消毒剂 | ||
| 4. 杀菌剂 | ||
| 5. 一種介質，如熱、輻射或化學物質。用以破壞、中和或抑制帶有致病性的微生物生長。 | ||
| Components | ||
| 消 | xiāo | |
| 1. to disappear; to vanish; to die down; to settle down | ||
| 2. to eliminate; to terminate; to eradicate | ||
| 3. to while away (time) | ||
| 4. to spend (money) | ||
| 5. to need | ||
| 6. (zh-used, 消息) | ||
| 毒 | dú | |
| 1. poison; toxin; venom; bane | ||
| 有毒 - poisonous | ||
| 2. to poison; to administer poison to | ||
| 毒死 蟑螂 - to kill cockroaches with poison | ||
| 3. poisonous; noxious | ||
| 毒蛇 - venomous snake | ||
| 毒氣 - poisonous gas | ||
| 4. (figurative) pernicious influence; harmful influence | ||
| 餘毒 - residual poison | ||
| 5. severe; fierce; violent | ||
| 外面 的 太陽 很 毒。 - The sun outside is very fierce. | ||
| 6. malicious; cruel | ||
| 他 的 心腸 真 毒！ - How cruel is he! | ||
| 7. (literary, or in compounds) narcotics; narcotic drugs | ||
| 吸毒 - to take drugs (of illicit or recreational nature) | ||
| 販毒 - to traffic in narcotics | ||
| 8. (Hong Kong Cantonese) nerdy | ||
| 9. (Cantonese, Hakka, Min, colloquial) to poison; to administer poison to | ||
| 10. Used in 毒冒 (,) (which is an) Alternative form of 玳瑁 | ||
| 剂 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 劑 | ||
| 劑 | jì | |
| 1. to adjust; to make up (a concoction); to concoct | ||
| 2. (historical) contract for trading | ||
| 3. small piece of dough; dough which has been kneaded | ||
| 4. (TCM) medicinal preparation; concoction | ||
| 5. pharmaceutical preparation; medicament | ||
| 6. dose; dosage | ||
| 7. (chemistry) agent; reagent | ||
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Pronunciation
xiāo dú jì
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