毒性

dúxìng

noun #8,484

Meanings

1 toxicity; poisonous nature
2 virulence

Characters

poison; toxic; venom

nature; property; characteristic

Examples

HSK 4

低毒性的药物更安全。

Dī dúxìng de yàowù gèng ānquán.

Low-toxicity drugs are safer.

HSK 5

科学家在研究这种化学物质的毒性。

Kēxuéjiā zài yánjiū zhèzhǒng huàxué wùzhì de dúxìng.

Scientists are studying the toxicity of this chemical substance.

HSK 7-9

这种蘑菇的毒性很强。

Zhèzhǒng mógū de dúxìng hěn qiáng.

This type of mushroom is highly toxic.

Tips

grammar

The 性 suffix turns a quality into an abstract property: 毒 (poison) → 毒性 (toxicity), 弹 (elastic) → 弹性 (elasticity), 酸 (sour) → 酸性 (acidity). This is a very productive pattern in scientific Chinese.

Stroke Order

毒 dú

性 xìng