Chinese symbol for “dirty”
肮脏
āng zāng
Traditional: 骯髒
dirty; filthy; despicable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dirty is 肮脏 (āng zāng), defined as: dirty; filthy; despicable.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dirty”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脏 (髒) | zāng | dirty; filthy |
| 污 | wū | dirty; filthy |
| 龌龊 (齷齪) | wò chuò | dirty; filthy; vile; despicable |
| 秽 (穢) | huì | (bound form) dirty; filthy |
| 龌 (齷) | wò | dirty; small-minded |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肮脏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心脏 (心臟) | xīn zàng | heart; 颗 (kē),个 (gè) |
| 心脏病 (心臟病) | xīn zàng bìng | heart disease |
| 肾脏 (腎臟) | shèn zàng | kidney |
| 肝脏 (肝臟) | gān zàng | liver |
| 内脏 (內臟) | nèi zàng | internal organs; viscera |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dirty”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.