吸毒

Chinese

		to breathe; to suck in; to absorb to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale	poison; narcotics
trad. (吸毒)		吸	毒
simp. #(吸毒)		吸	毒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīdú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ duk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khip-thu̍k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khip-to̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kib⁴ dag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīdú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sidú
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-tu²
    • Yale: syī-dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shidwu
    • Palladius: сиду (sidu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ tu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹ duk⁶
    • Yale: kāp duhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ duk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ dug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ tʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khip-thu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: kib` tug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kib⁵ tug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰip̚² tʰuk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khip-to̍k
    • Tâi-lô: khip-to̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qipdok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ tɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰip̚⁵⁻²⁴ tɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁵ tɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ tɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ tɔk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kib⁴ dag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khip ta̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰip̚²⁻⁴ tak̚⁴/

Verb

吸⫽毒 (verb-object)

1. to take drugs (of an illicit or recreational nature)

   吸毒用具  ―  xīdú yòngjù  ―  drug paraphernalia

Synonyms

• (colloquial) 嗑藥／嗑药 (kèyào)
• (Cantonese) take嘢

Derived terms

• 吸毒人 (xīdúrén)
• 吸毒史 (xīdúshǐ)
• 吸毒者 (xīdúzhě)
• 被動吸毒／被动吸毒 (bèidòng xīdú)