HSK 6 · Society

毒品 dúpǐn “drugs” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 毒品 means

  1. drugs
  2. narcotics

How to say 毒品

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale毒dú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale品pǐn3rd tone, dipping

毒品 in a sentence

  1. 对毒品说不。

    Duì dúpǐn shuō bù.

    Say no to drugs.

    Sentence #827526 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 毒品 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 毒 (dú) with each of its parts in a different colour
毒dúpoison
  • 龶part of the characterMeaning part
  • 母mother · mǔSound part
The character 品 (pǐn) with each of its parts in a different colour
品pǐnarticle; commodity; product; goods
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 毒品

毒 9 strokes · 品 9 strokes

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毒品 (dúpǐn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 毒品 (dúpǐn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 毒品

Words with 毒

病毒bìngdú · virus消毒xiāodú · to disinfect

Words with 品

产品chǎnpǐn · product商品shāngpǐn · commodity作品zuòpǐn · work (of art)日用品rìyòngpǐn · articles for daily use品尝pǐncháng · to taste次品cìpǐn · defective product品种pǐnzhǒng · variety样品yàngpǐn · sample品德pǐndé · moral character品质pǐnzhì · quality

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FAQs

毒品 (dúpǐn) means “drugs” or “narcotics”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dúpǐn: dú with a 2nd tone, then pǐn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 毒品 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dupin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 毒品 from the suggestions. Typing dupin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
毒品 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.