毒害

Chinese

		poison; narcotics	to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
trad. (毒害)		毒	害
simp. ^#(毒害)		毒	害

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dúhài

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄏㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ hoi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thu̍k-hoi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to̍k-hāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dúhài
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄏㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dúhài
  - Wade–Giles: tu²-hai⁴
  - Yale: dú-hài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwuhay
  - Palladius: духай (duxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ xaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: duk⁶ hoi⁶
  - Yale: duhk hoih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ hoi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ hoi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² hɔːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-hoi
  - Hakka Romanization System: tug hoi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tug⁶ hoi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ hoi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-hāi
  - Tâi-lô: to̍k-hāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doghai
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² hai²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻² hai⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hai²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² hai³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² hai³³/

Verb

毒害

to poison the mind; to corrupt
to murder by poisoning
to persecute
to become implicated; to suffer damage

Synonyms

(to poison the mind): 麻醉 (mázuì), 洗腦／洗脑 (xǐnǎo)

Noun

毒害

poison; bane

Adjective

毒害

(literary) cruel-hearted; vicious; heartless

Japanese

Kanji in this term
毒	害
どく Grade: 5	がい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どくがい [dòkúgáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟ɡa̠i]

Noun

毒(どく)害(がい) • (dokugai)

murder by poisoning

Synonyms

毒殺(どくさつ) (dokusatsu)

Verb

毒(どく)害(がい)する • (dokugai suru) intransitive suru (stem 毒(どく)害(がい)し (dokugai shi), past 毒(どく)害(がい)した (dokugai shita))

to poison; to murder by poisoning

Conjugation

Conjugation of "毒害する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	毒害し	どくがいし	dokugai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	毒害し	どくがいし	dokugai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	毒害する	どくがいする	dokugai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	毒害する	どくがいする	dokugai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	毒害すれ	どくがいすれ	dokugai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	毒害せよ¹ 毒害しろ²	どくがいせよ¹ どくがいしろ²	dokugai seyo¹ dokugai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	毒害される	どくがいされる	dokugai sareru
Causative	毒害させる毒害さす	どくがいさせるどくがいさす	dokugai saseru dokugai sasu
Potential	毒害できる	どくがいできる	dokugai dekiru
Volitional	毒害しよう	どくがいしよう	dokugai shiyō
Negative	毒害しない	どくがいしない	dokugai shinai
Negative continuative	毒害せず	どくがいせず	dokugai sezu
Formal	毒害します	どくがいします	dokugai shimasu
Perfective	毒害した	どくがいした	dokugai shita
Conjunctive	毒害して	どくがいして	dokugai shite
Hypothetical conditional	毒害すれば	どくがいすれば	dokugai sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“毒害”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
毒	害

Noun

毒害 • (dokhae) (hangeul 독해)

hanja form^? of 독해

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
毒	害

Adjective

毒害

chữ Hán form of độc hại (“noxious”)