食物中毒

shíwù zhòngdú

noun #13,796

Meanings

1 food poisoning

Characters

to hit; to be struck by

Examples

他吃了不新鲜的海鲜，食物中毒了。

Tā chī le bù xīnxiān de hǎixiān, shíwù zhòngdú le.

He ate stale seafood and got food poisoning.

食物中毒的症状包括呕吐和腹泻。

Shíwù zhòngdú de zhèngzhuàng bāokuò ǒutù hé fùxiè.

Symptoms of food poisoning include vomiting and diarrhea.

Tips

mistakes

The 中 here is pronounced zhòng (4th tone, 'to be hit by'), not zhōng (1st tone, 'middle'). 中毒 = to be poisoned.

Stroke Order

食 shí

物 wù

中 zhōng

毒 dú