DIRTY 骯髒污
CONTAIN DUST OR HAVE DUST, TYPICALLY on the SURFACE.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
BESMIRCHED
delibutus is the general word referring to something that is besmeared with an oily substgance.
unctus refers to something being anointed with a fragrant oily substance or ointment.
oblitus is the general word for being besmeared with any impure substance.
DEFILE
contaminare refers to defilement as the pernicious ruining of what is sound and useful.
inquinare focusses on the sallying or marring of what is inherently beautiful and attractive.
polluere is the desecration of what is spiritually pure or even holy.
FOEDUS
Words (35 items)
濁 zhuó OC: rdooɡ MC: ɖɣɔk 27 Attributions
Zhuó 濁 (ant. qīng 清 "clear and pure") typically refers to physical states of dirtiness, but there are occasional usages like zhuó lì 濁吏 "morally impure official".
- Word relations
- Ant: 潔 / 絜 / 潔絜洁/PURE
Jié 潔/絜 (ant. wū 污 "impure" and zhuó 濁 "dirty") refers abstractly to the absence of any material or immaterial impurity or blemish. - Ant: 清/PURE
Qīng 清 (ant. zhuó 濁 "dirty, impure") and the rarer chéng 澂 emphasises the absence of any admixtures that might make something less transparent and translucent. - Ant: 潔/GOOD
- Ant: 清/CLEAN
Qīng 清 focusses on translucence in its literal meaning. - Epithet: 世/WORLD
Shì 世 sometimes refers to the world as it is now, the world one lives in. - Assoc: 溷/DIRTY
- Oppos: 清/PURE
Qīng 清 (ant. zhuó 濁 "dirty, impure") and the rarer chéng 澂 emphasises the absence of any admixtures that might make something less transparent and translucent.
- Syntactic words
- nabfigurative(mental) defilement, contamination
- nabfigurative(in music) muddiness of tone
- v[adN]what is dirty; what is murky; what is impure
- vadNdirty; murky; of wine: unstrained
- vadNfigurative(in music or literature) muddy, impure; morally impure, defiled 濁世
- vimixed with impurities and sediment; impure
- viderivedcontaminatedCH
- vifigurativebe (musically or morally) impure or defiled; be (metaphysically) muddied (i.e. soiled by contact with the world)
- vtoNfigurativemuddle up (the mind etc)CH
- vtoNrelationalbe impure with respect to (behaviour etc)
垢 gòu OC: kooʔ MC: ku 11 Attributions
Gòu 垢 refers to the presence of physical dirt on some surface.
- Word relations
- Assoc: 穢/DIRTY
Huì 穢 can refer to physical dirt, but the word is also used abstractly to refer to what is vulgar and morally distasteful.
- Syntactic words
- nab.post-V{NUM}buddhistBUDDH: defilement (see also qīgòu 七垢, the seven kinds of defilements: desire, false views, doubt, pride, arrogance, torpor, and stinginess; there is also a set of three defilements 三垢 (or sāndú 三毒 ) which refers to desire, hate, and ignorance; see also the sānhuò 三惑 of the Tiāntaí School); skr. mala SOOTHILL 299: " Dust, impurity, dregs; moral impurity; mental impurity. Whatever misleads or deludes the mind; illusion; defilement; the six forms are vexation, malevolence, hatred, flattery, wild talk, pride; the seven are desire, false views, doubt, presumption, arrogance, inertia, and meanness."
- nabfeaturefigurative: filthiness; impurities
- nadNdirty
- vibe dirty
污 wū OC: qʷlaa MC: ʔuo̝ 8 Attributions
The current general word for uncleanness and dirt, both concrete and abstract, is wū 污/汙 (ant. jié 潔 "clean").
- Word relations
- Ant: 潔 / 絜 / 潔絜洁/PURE
Jié 潔/絜 (ant. wū 污 "impure" and zhuó 濁 "dirty") refers abstractly to the absence of any material or immaterial impurity or blemish. - Ant: 潔 / 絜 / 潔絜洁/PURE
Jié 潔/絜 (ant. wū 污 "impure" and zhuó 濁 "dirty") refers abstractly to the absence of any material or immaterial impurity or blemish. - Assoc: 玷/DEFECT
- Assoc: 玷/DEFECT
- Syntactic words
- nabstativefilth; dirtiness
- vadNstagnant (water, pond); murky, dirty, infamous
- vadVimproperly, dirtily
- vibe soiled; be dirty
- vtoNcausativemake dirty, soil
- vtoNcausativebe made dirty
溷 hùn OC: ɢuuns MC: ɦuo̝n 6 Attributions
- Word relations
- Assoc: 濁/DIRTY
Zhuó 濁 (ant. qīng 清 "clear and pure") typically refers to physical states of dirtiness, but there are occasional usages like zhuó lì 濁吏 "morally impure official".
- Syntactic words
- vimurky and dirty (CC); be less than spotless
漏 lòu OC: roos MC: lu 5 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nabfigurativedefilement; impurities> impure biases of attitude
- vadNfigurativedefiled
穢 huì OC: qʷads MC: ʔi̯ɐi 5 Attributions
Huì 穢 can refer to physical dirt, but the word is also used abstractly to refer to what is vulgar and morally distasteful.
- Word relations
- Epithet: 粗 / 麤/COARSE
The dominant word for anything physically or otherwise coarsE and not fine or subtle is cū 粗/麤 (ant. xì 細 "fine" and jīng 精"subtle and exquisite"). See also ORDINARY - Assoc: 塵/DUST
Chén 塵 is the general word for dry dust. - Assoc: 垢/DIRTY
Gòu 垢 refers to the presence of physical dirt on some surface. - Assoc: 瑕/DEFECT
- Oppos: 淨/PURE
Jìng 淨 (ant. wū 污"impure") emphasises the unsullied state of something and the absence specifically of dirt.
- Syntactic words
- nmdirt, filth
- nmfigurativedirt; (also fig: wicked elements)
- vadNfigurativedirty, defiled
- vibe filthy, sordid
- vichangebecome defiled
- vtoNcausativecause to be dirty; inflict stain on
汙 wù OC: qʷlaas MC: ʔuo̝ 4 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nadNdirty
- nmdirt
- vtoNcausativecause to be dirty> sully
塵 chén OC: din MC: ɖin 3 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nmadNmade of dust/dirt
- vibe dusty
- vtoNreflexive.自cause (oneself) to be dirty
不 bù OC: pɯʔ MC: pi̯ut 2 Attributions
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- NPabconceptBUDDH: uncleanness
溷濁 hùn zhuó OC: ɢuuns rdooɡ MC: ɦuo̝n ɖɣɔk 2 Attributions
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- NPabactdirty tricks; dirty practices
- VPifigurativebe characterised by dirty practices
泥 ní OC: niil MC: nei 2 Attributions
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- nmdirt
浼 měi OC: muulʔ MC: muo̝i 2 Attributions
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- vt+prep+Ncausativeto be defiled (by somebody or something)
- vtoNcausativeto make (somebody) dirty; to defile (somebody)
污染 wū rǎn OC: qʷlaa njomʔ MC: ʔuo̝ ȵiɛm 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPibuddhistBUDDH: be dirty > be defiled, be impure (e.g. defiled by the Five Desires 五欲, Six Dusts 六塵, afflictions 煩惱, etc.)
泥塗 ní tú MC: nej du OC: niil laa 1 Attribution
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- NPmderogatorymere dirtCH
瑕穢 xiá huì OC: ɡraa qʷads MC: ɦɣɛ ʔi̯ɐi 1 Attribution
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- NPmfigurativedefilements
雜 zá 1 Attribution
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- v[adN]the impure one(s)LZ
垢膩 gòu nì OC: kooʔ nis MC: ku ɳi 1 Attribution
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- VPadNfilthy
黷 dú OC: ɡ-looɡ MC: duk 1 Attribution
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- nabactdisgraceful behaviour, dishonourable behaviour
- vtoNcausativemake dirty, defile; dishonour
膿漏 nóng lòu OC: nuuŋ roos MC: nuo̝ŋ lu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPadNpuss-dripping; defiled by impurities;
惡沱 è tuó OC: qaaɡ laal MC: ʔɑk dɑ 1 Attribution
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- NPabfeaturedefilement; dirtiness
雜汙 zá wù MC: dzop 'uH OC: sɡuub qʷlaas 1 Attribution
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- VPifigurativemurky, turbid, impureLZ
垢闇 gòu àn OC: kooʔ qɯɯms MC: ku ʔəm 1 Attribution
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- NPabmetaphysicaldefilements
臭穢 chòu huì OC: khjus qʷads MC: tɕhɨu ʔi̯ɐi 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPadNfigurativedefiled, dirty
穢污 huì wū OC: qʷads qʷlaa MC: ʔi̯ɐi ʔuo̝ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNcausativecause to be dirty > make dirty, conteminate
有漏 yǒu lòu OC: ɢʷɯʔ roos MC: ɦɨu lu 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPadNbuddhistBUDDH: have outflow > tainted, deluded, impure, contaminated, defiled (i.e. pertaining to the mondane world, ant. of wúlòu 無漏); skr. āsrava
洿 wū MC: 'u OC: qʷlaa 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- nabfeaturefigurative: moral dirtinessCH
混 hùn OC: ɡuunʔ MC: ɦuo̝n
渾 hùn OC: ɡuunʔ MC: ɦuo̝n 1 Attribution
Hùn 混 refers to an admixture of dirt rather than to the presence of dirt on some surface.
- Syntactic words
- vimurky, stagnant and dirty; untransparent
- vtoNcausativecause to be dirty > taint, defile
漬 zì MC: dzjeH OC: sɡleɡs 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNsoak in N, stain oneself by NLZ
濘 nì OC: nees MC: nei 1 Attribution
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- vtoNcausativecause to be full of mud; make dirty
染污 rǎn wū OC: njomʔ qʷlaa MC: ȵiɛm ʔuo̝ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNcausativecause oneself to be defiled> get defiled
染汙 rǎn yú OC: njomʔ ɢʷra MC: ȵiɛm ɦi̯o 1 Attribution
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- NPabfeaturedefilement
汶 Click here to add pinyin OC: MC: 0 Attributions
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- nmdirt (CC)
淈 gǔ OC: kluud MC: kuot 0 Attributions
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- vifigurativebe dirty; be sordid
滋 zī OC: tsɯ MC: tsɨ 0 Attributions
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- vichangebecome dirty (ZUO)
爛 làn OC: ɡ-raans MC: lɑn 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vtoNcausativemake dirty, soil