Chinese symbol for “tarnish”
污蔑
wū miè
Traditional: 污衊
to slander; to smear; to tarnish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tarnish is 污蔑 (wū miè), defined as: to slander; to smear; to tarnish.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tarnish”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 污蔑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 污染 | wū rǎn | (lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate |
| 贪污 (貪污) | tān wū | to be corrupt; corruption |
| 污水 | wū shuǐ | sewage |
| 污染物 | wū rǎn wù | pollutant |
| 环境污染 (環境污染) | huán jìng wū rǎn | environmental pollution |
| 污点 (污點) | wū diǎn | stain; taint |
| 蔑视 (蔑視) | miè shì | to loathe; to despise |
| 轻蔑 (輕蔑) | qīng miè | scornful; disdainful; contemptuous; pejorative; disdain; contempt |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tarnish”.
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.