消毒

Traditional form:

消毒

Pinyin (reading):

xiāodú

Definitions:

• to disinfect; to sterilize

Characters:

• 消 - news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
• 毒 - poison, venom; drug, narcotic

Traditional characters:

• 消 - news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
• 毒 - poison, venom; drug, narcotic