# 中毒 (zhòngdú)

In Mandarin Chinese, 中毒 (zhòngdú) means “to be poisoned; poisoning”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to be poisoned; poisoning
- Pinyin: zhòngdú (zhong4 du2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 他因为食物中毒去了医院。
  Tā yīnwèi shíwù zhòngdú qù le yīyuàn.
  He went to the hospital for food poisoning.

## Characters

- [中](https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-middle/) (zhōng): middle; center
- [毒](https://hanziro.com/word/du-poison/) (dú): poison; poisonous

https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-du-be-poisoned/

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