# 杀毒 (shādú)

In Mandarin Chinese, 杀毒 (shādú) means “to scan for viruses; to disinfect”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to scan for viruses; to disinfect
- Pinyin: shādú (sha1 du2)
- Traditional: 殺毒
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 要定期给电脑杀毒。
  Yào dìngqī gěi diànnǎo shādú.
  Scan your computer for viruses regularly.

## Characters

- [杀](https://hanziro.com/word/sha-kill/) (shā): to kill; to weaken
- [毒](https://hanziro.com/word/du-poison/) (dú): poison; poisonous

https://hanziro.com/word/sha-du-scan-viruses/

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