秽 (huì): (bound form) dirty, filthy
秽 (huì) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) dirty.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 禾 (semantic) and 岁 (phonetic). It ranks #2796 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 秽 grain. Its radical form 禾 (grain) appears in many related characters such as 秋 (qiū, autumn), 科 (kē, branch of study), 租 (zū, to hire).
Definitions
- (bound form) dirty
- filthy
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 污秽adjective | wū huì | (literary) dirty |
| 淫秽adjective | yín huì | obscene |
| 污言秽语 | wū yán huì yǔ | (idiom) filthy speech |
| 秽语noun | huì yǔ | obscene language |
| 自惭形秽phrase | zì cán xíng huì | (idiom) to feel inferior |
| 秽水noun | huì shuǐ | dirty water |
| 淫词秽语 | yín cí huì yǔ | (idiom) obscene words |
| 芜秽adjective | wú huì | to be overgrown with weeds |
秽 appears in 8 compound words: 25 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 秽 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
秽字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
huì zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The word "filth" has different usages in different contexts.
挥动喷射原力,横扫六大标志性场景与飞船中的帝国污秽,书写这部荡气回肠的除污史诗。
huī dòng pēn shè yuán lì , héng sǎo liù dà biāo zhì xìng chǎng jǐng yǔ fēi chuán zhōng de dì guó wū huì , shū xiě zhè bù dàng qì huí cháng de chú wū shǐ shī .
Wield the Force of Blasts to sweep away the Empire’s filth across six iconic locations and spaceships, and write your own thrilling epic of purification.
中医视角下,艾叶温经散寒、芳香辟秽,养生外用、配伍内服皆可发挥价值。
zhōng yī shì jiǎo xià , ài xié wēn jīng sàn hán , fāng xiāng pì huì , yǎng shēng wài yòng , pèi wǔ nèi fú jiē kě fā huī jià zhí .
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, mugwort warms the meridians and dispels cold, and its aromatic properties ward off impurities; it is valuable both for external use in health preservation and when combined with other herbs for internal consumption.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 禾 (grain) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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