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Chinese symbol for “obscenities”

污言秽语
wū yán huì yǔ
Traditional: 污言穢語
(idiom) filthy speech; obscenities

The closest CC-CEDICT match for obscenities is 污言秽语 (wū yán huì yǔ), defined as: (idiom) filthy speech; obscenities.

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Characters and stroke order

污 wū
filthy, dirty; polluted, impure
radical 85 ⽔ · 6 strokes
言 yán
words, speech; to speak, to say
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes
秽 huì
dirty, unclean; immoral, obscene
radical 115 ⽲ · 11 strokes
语 yǔ
words, language; saying, expression
radical 149 ⾔ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “obscenities”

WordPinyinMeaning
骚话 (騷話)sāo huàobscenities; lewd talk

Related words

Other words that share a character with 污言秽语.

WordPinyinMeaning
污染wū rǎn(lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate
贪污 (貪污)tān wūto be corrupt; corruption
污水wū shuǐsewage
污染物wū rǎn wùpollutant
环境污染 (環境污染)huán jìng wū rǎnenvironmental pollution
污点 (污點)wū diǎnstain; taint
语言 (語言)yǔ yánlanguage; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng)
而言ér yán(typically preceded by 就… (jiù xx) or 对… (duì xx) etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
淫秽 (淫穢)yín huìobscene; indecent; bawdy
语音 (語音)yǔ yīnspeech sounds; pronunciation

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