荼毒

Chinese

		Sonchus oleraceus	poison; narcotics
trad. (荼毒)		荼	毒
simp. #(荼毒)		荼	毒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): túdú

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ duk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: túdú
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: túdú
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu²-tu²
    • Yale: tú-dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twudwu
    • Palladius: туду (tudu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ tu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ duk⁶
    • Yale: tòuh duhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ duk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ dug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ tʊk̚²/

Verb

荼毒

1. (literary) to torment; to inflict great suffering on

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (荼毒):

• → Vietnamese: đồ độc (荼毒)