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脏

zāng

HSK 4 Character Traditional 髒

What 脏 means

1. dirty
2. filthy
3. to get (sth) dirty

Other readings

脏 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zàngviscera; (anatomy) organ

Example sentences

• 你的脚脏。
  You have dirty feet.
• 玻璃脏了。
  The glass is dirty.
• 盘子很脏。
  The plate is dirty.
• 冰箱脏了。
  The refrigerator is dirty.
• 浴室很脏！
  The bathroom is dirty!
• 我的内衣脏了
  Wǒ de nèiyī zāng le
  My underwear is dirty.

Words starting with 脏

• 脏话zāng huàprofanity; obscene language; speaking rudely
• 脏兮兮zāng xī xīdirty; filthy
• 脏水zāng shuǐdirty water; sewage
• 脏乱zāng luàndirty and disordered; in a mess
• 脏腑zàng fǔinner organs
• 脏器zàng qìinternal organs
• 脏土zāng tǔdirty soil; muck; trash
• 脏字zāng zìobscenity
• 脏弹zāng dàndirty bomb
• 脏标zāng biāoParental Advisory label (PRC)
• 脏污zāng wūfilth; grime; stain; dirty; filthy
• 脏病zāng bìng(colloquial) venereal disease
• 脏脏zāng zāngdirty
• 脏乱差zāng luàn chà(colloquial) squalid; squalor
• 脏脏包zāng zāng bāopastry bun filled with chocolate and covered with cocoa powder
• 脏煤zāng méidirty coal; muck (from a colliery)
• 脏躁zàng zàohysteria
• 脏辫zāng biàndreadlocks

Words containing 脏

• 心脏xīn zàngheart
• 肮脏āng zāngdirty; filthy; despicable
• 心脏病xīn zàng bìngheart disease
• 内脏nèi zànginternal organs; viscera
• 弄脏nòng zāngto make dirty; to defile; to smear
• 肝脏gān zàngliver
• 肾脏shèn zàngkidney
• 五脏wǔ zàngfive viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心
• 五脏六腑wǔ zàng liù fǔfive viscera and six bowels (TCM)
• 小脏鬼xiǎo zāng guǐdirty little devil (affectionate, of child)
• 心脏疾患xīn zàng jí huànheart disease
• 心脏杂音xīn zàng zá yīnheart murmur
• 心脏骤停xīn zàng zhòu tíngcardiac arrest
• 满口脏话mǎn kǒu zāng huàto pour out obscenities; filthy mouthed
• 开口成脏kāi kǒu chéng zāng(net slang) to use foul language (pun on 出口成章
• 心脏收缩压xīn zàng shōu suō yāsystolic blood pressure
• 心脏病发作xīn zàng bìng fā zuòheart attack; to have a heart attack
• 心脏舒张压xīn zàng shū zhāng yādiastolic blood pressure
• 心脏搭桥手术xīn zàng dā qiáo shǒu shùcoronary bypass operation
• 肺脏fèi zànglungs
• 胰脏yí zàngpancreas
• 胰脏炎yí zàng yánpancreatitis
• 脾脏pí zàngspleen
• 泼脏水pō zāng shuǐ(fig.) to sling mud at; to smear; to slander

Characters built on 月

These share the phonetic component 月 (yuè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect
• 朗lǎngclear; bright
• 胀zhàngto swell; to distend; to expand; swollen; bloated
• 肠chángintestines
• 胖pàngfat; plump
• 膀bǎngupper arm; wing
• 肪fánganimal fat
• 肛gāngused in 脱肛

Characters that look like 脏

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 胱guāngused in 膀胱
• 猖chāngferocious
• 赃zāngstolen goods; loot; spoils
• 脯fǔdried meat; preserved fruit
• 脲niàocarbamide; urea (NH2)2CO; also written 尿素
• 赅gāicomplete; full

Sounds the same

Read zāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 赃stolen goods; loot; spoils
• 臧good; right
• 牂female sheep; place name