骯髒

See also: 肮脏

Chinese

Etymology 1

			dirty; filthy
trad. (骯髒)		骯	髒
simp. (肮脏)		肮	脏
alternative forms		腌臢 唵噆 腌䐶 腌𦠛

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 腌臢?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āngzāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄤ ㄗㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ong¹ zong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ang-chang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āngzāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄤ ㄗㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: angzang
    • Wade–Giles: ang¹-tsang¹
    • Yale: āng-dzāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: angtzang
    • Palladius: анцзан (anczan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ong¹ zong¹
    • Yale: ōng jōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ong¹ dzong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ong¹ zong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ang-chang
    • Tâi-lô: ang-tsang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: angzafng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /aŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡saŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /aŋ³³ t͡saŋ³³/

Adjective

骯髒

1. dirty; filthy

   長江的水污染越來越嚴重，下游江面上常漂著許多骯髒的垃圾。 [MSC, trad.]
   长江的水污染越来越严重，下游江面上常漂著许多肮脏的垃圾。 [MSC, simp.]

   Chángjiāng de shuǐ wūrǎn yuèláiyuè yánzhòng, xiàyóu jiāngmiàn shàng cháng piào zhù xǔduō āngzāng de lājī. [Pinyin]

   Water pollution in the Yangtze River is getting more and more serious, and there is often a lot of dirty garbage floating on the river downstream.

2. base; shameless; despicable; repulsive

   買賣野生動物是一場骯髒的交易。 [MSC, trad.]
   买卖野生动物是一场肮脏的交易。 [MSC, simp.]

   Mǎimài yěshēngdòngwù shì yī chǎng āngzāng de jiāoyì. [Pinyin]

   Buying and selling wild animals is a dirty business.

3. (dialectal) uncomfortable; annoyed

Synonyms

• (dirty):

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• 不乾淨／不干净 (bù gānjìng)
• 惡濁／恶浊 (èzhuó)
• 污穢／污秽 (wūhuì)
• 髒／脏
• 髒兮兮／脏兮兮 (zāngxīxī)
• 齷齪／龌龊 (wòchuò)

 

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		污, 穢, 污穢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		骯髒, 污穢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	髒, 腌臢
	Taiwan	髒, 骯髒
	Langfang	髒
	Harbin	埋汰
	Singapore	骯髒
Jilu Mandarin	Cangzhou	邋遢
	Baoding	骯髒
	Shijiazhuang	髒
	Jinan	髒, 窩囊, 腌臢
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	髒, 邋乎, 埋汰
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	齷齪, 邋遢
	Daming	陳
	Wanrong	髒, 日髒, 骯髒
	Xi'an	髒, 骯髒
	Xining	骯髒, 髒
	Xuzhou	骯髒, 腌臢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	髒
	Lanzhou	髒
	Ürümqi	髒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	挖抓, 髒, 齷齪, 邋遢
	Guang'an	挖抓
	Chongqing	挖抓
	Wuhan	拉瓜, 賴
	Guiyang	髒
	Kunming	邋遢
	Liuzhou	邋遢, 污糟, 涴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	髒
	Yangzhou	髒, 邋遢
	Hefei	髒, 膿糟, 拾弄
Cantonese	Guangzhou	污糟, 邋遢, 揦鮓
	Hong Kong	污糟, 邋遢, 揦鮓
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	邋遢, 骯屎
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	骯屎
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	揦鮓
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	垠
	Macau	污糟
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	污糟, 邋遢
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	邋遢, 揦鮓
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	污糟, 邋遢
	Foshan	污糟, 邋遢
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	污糟
	Foshan (Shunde)	污糟
	Foshan (Sanshui)	污糟
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	污糟
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	邋遢
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	邋遢
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	揦鮓
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	揦鮓
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	揦鮓, 邋遢
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	揦鮓
	Taishan	邋遢, 揦鮓, 黧貰
	Kaiping (Chikan)	邋遢, 揦鮓
	Enping (Niujiang)	邋遢
	Heshan (Yayao)	邋遢
	Dongguan	賴濕, 鹹濕
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	垠
	Yangjiang	失引, 污糟, 揦鮓
	Singapore (Guangfu)	污糟, 揦鮓
Gan	Nanchang	腌臢
	Lichuan	邋遢
	Pingxiang	雷堆, 雷賴, 齷齪
Hakka	Meixian	漚紐, 穢
	Xingning	累贅
	Huidong (Daling)	囉嗦
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	囉嗦
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	囉嗦
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	烏數
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	烏奴
	Liannan	邋遢
	Jiexi	垃圾
	Changting	齷齪
	Wuping	屙糟
	Wuping (Pingyu)	屙糟
	Liancheng	屙糟
	Ninghua	齷齪
	Yudu	屙糟
	Ruijin	屙糟
	Shangyou (Shexi)	垃圾
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Hong Kong	漚紐, 累贅, 囉嗦
Huizhou	Jixi	活柴, 污糟
	Shexian	邋遢, 污糟
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	遢邋
	Xiuning	遢邋
	Yixian	邋遢
	Qimen	邋遢
	Wuyuan	邋遢
Jin	Taiyuan	日髒, 髒, 腌臢
	Xinzhou	日髒
	Zhangjiakou	髒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	污喏, 垃圾
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	污喏
	Jianyang	污喏
	Wuyishan	垃圾
	Pucheng (Shibei)	垃圾
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	垃渣, 濫𡞟, 懶露, 五鹵, 齷齪
Southern Min	Xiamen	流瘍, 流死瘍, 垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 穢涗, 塕埃
	Quanzhou	腌臢, 兇, 驚儂, 穢涗, 塕埃
	Zhangzhou	腌臢, 垃圾, 淤漬, 驚儂, 垃圾鬼, 穢涗, 塕埃
	Taipei	垃圾, 垃儳, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	垃圾, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 驚儂
	Kaohsiung	垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 驚儂
	Yilan	垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂
	Changhua (Lukang)	垃圾, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂
	Taichung	垃圾
	Taichung (Wuqi)	垃圾
	Tainan	垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂, 流𣻸
	Taitung	垃圾
	Hsinchu	垃圾, 腌臢, 癩𰣻
	Kinmen	垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 癩𰣻
	Penghu (Magong)	垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 癩𰣻
	Penang (Hokkien)	垃儳
	Singapore (Hokkien)	流瘍, 垃儳, 垃圾, 厚穢
	Manila (Hokkien)	腌臢
	Chaozhou	垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑
	Shantou	垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	垃圾
	Jieyang	垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	凄疑
	Singapore (Teochew)	垃圾, 邋遢
	Leizhou	邋滯
	Wenchang	尻髒
	Haikou	尻髒
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	污盧
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	齷齪
Wu	Shanghai	齷齪, 鏖糟 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	邋遢, 齷齪
	Suzhou	齷齪, 邋遢, 污糟
	Wuxi	污糟, 齷拉
	Danyang	髒
	Hangzhou	埲, 邋遢
	Ningbo	膩腥, 鏖糟, 淟汰, 邋遢 dated
	Wenzhou	鏖糟, 髒
	Jinhua	遮捏, 鏖糟
Xiang	Changsha	邋遢, 邋糊
	Shuangfeng	派老, 邋遢

Dialectal synonyms of 髒 (“dirty”) [map]

• (base):

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• 卑劣 (bēiliè)
• 卑鄙
• 鄙劣 (bǐliè) (literary)
• 醜陋／丑陋 (chǒulòu)
• 齷齪／龌龊 (wòchuò)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “dirty”): 乾淨／干净 (gānjìng), 潔淨／洁净 (jiéjìng)

Etymology 2

			dirty; filthy
trad. (骯髒)		骯	髒
simp. (肮脏)		肮	脏

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	骯	骯	髒
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	溪 (29)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (101)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	胡朗切	苦朗切	子朗切
Baxter	hangX	khangX	tsangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑŋX/	/kʰɑŋX/	/t͡sɑŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑŋX/	/kʰɑŋX/	/t͡sɑŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑŋX/	/kʰɑŋX/	/t͡sɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaŋX/	/kʰaŋX/	/t͡saŋX/
Li Rong	/ɣɑŋX/	/kʰɑŋX/	/t͡sɑŋX/
Wang Li	/ɣɑŋX/	/kʰɑŋX/	/t͡sɑŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑŋX/	/kʰɑŋX/	/t͡sɑŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hàng	kǎng	zǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hong6	hong2	zong2

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	骯	骯	髒
Reading #	2/3	1/3	1/1
No.	7391	7364	16544
Phonetic component	亢	亢	葬
Rime group	陽	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	沆	慷	駔
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːŋʔ/	/*kʰaːŋʔ/	/*ʔsaːŋʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎngzǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄤˇ ㄗㄤˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎngzǎng [Phonetic: kángzǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄤˇ ㄗㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎngzǎng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻang³-tsang³
    • Yale: kǎng-dzǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaangtzaang
    • Palladius: канцзан (kanczan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: hangX|khangX tsangX

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːŋʔ|kʰaːŋʔ  ʔsaːŋʔ/

Adjective

骯髒

1. (literary) curling
2. (literary) fat
3. (literary, of being "firmly straight; firmly not bending", figuratively); upright and unyielding