脏 (zāng): dirty
脏 (zāng) is a Chinese character meaning “dirty.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺼ (semantic) and 庄 (phonetic). It ranks #1623 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 脏 flesh. Its radical form 月 (moon) appears in many related characters such as 月 (yuè, moon, month), 有 (yǒu, to have), 朋 (péng, friend).
Definitions
- dirty
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 脏
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心脏病 | xīn zàng bìng | heart disease |
| 肮脏 | āng zāng | dirty |
| 肝脏 | gān zàng | liver |
| 脏话 | zāng huà | profanity |
| 肾脏 | shèn zàng | kidney |
| 内脏 | nèi zàng | internal organs |
| 脾脏 | pí zàng | spleen |
| 脏乱 | zāng luàn | dirty and disordered |
| 五脏六腑 | wǔ zàng liù fǔ | five viscera and six bowels (TCM) |
| 五脏 | wǔ zàng | five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xin1], liver 肝[gan1], spleen 脾[pi2], lungs 肺[fei4] and kidneys 腎|肾[shen4] |
| 脏字 | zāng zì | obscenity |
| 脏器 | zàng qì | internal organs |
| 肺脏 | fèi zàng | lungs |
| 脏乱差 | zāng luàn chà | (coll.) squalid |
| 心脏病发作 | xīn zàng bìng fā zuò | heart attack |
脏 appears in 43 compound words: 42 as the first character, 26 as the last, and 33 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 脏 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
这件衣服太脏了，需要马上洗，否则污渍会很难去掉。
Zhè jiàn yīfu tài zāng le, xūyào mǎshang xǐ, fǒuzé wūzì huì hěn nán qùdiào.
These clothes are too dirty and need to be washed immediately; otherwise, the stains will be hard to remove.
杭州:中国数字革命的心脏
háng zhōu : zhōng guó shǔ zì gé mìng de xīn zāng
Hangzhou: The heart of China's digital revolution
移植心脏运送遭干冰冻坏 男童苦撑2月亡
yí zhí xīn zāng yùn sòng zāo gān bīng dòng huài nán tóng kǔ chēng 2 yuè wáng
The transplanted heart was damaged by dry ice and the boy died in February
大黄狗遭3楼丢下!肝脏碎裂 民众救援心疼
dà huáng gǒu zāo 3 lóu diū xià ! gān zāng suì liè mín zhòng jiù yuán xīn téng
The big yellow dog was dropped on the 3rd floor! The liver is broken, and the people are distressed
米兰冬奥|选手触壶作弊,场上飚起脏话,拒绝科技辅助..
mǐ lán dōng ào xuǎn shǒu chù hú zuò bì , chǎng shǎng 飚 qǐ zāng huà , jù jué kē jì fǔ zhù . .
Milan Winter Olympics | Athletes touch pots to cheat, the field Biao up swearing, refused to tech-assisted...
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nán jīng jiāng nìng chūn jié zài chuán jiā xùn ! quán qiú shǒu kuǎn qīng liáng huā gān zāng zhī fáng dìng liáng jiǎn . .
Nanjing Jiangning Chinese New Year is another good news! The world's first lightweight liver fat quantitative...
你家好脏啊！你多久没打扫卫生？
Nǐ jiā hǎo zāng ā! nǐ duōjiǔ méi dǎsǎo wèishēng?
Your home is such a mess! When was the last time you cleaned it?
小心脏啊，不要再砰砰跳了！
Xiǎoxīn zàng ā, bù yào zài pēngpēng tiào le!
Calm down your beating, oh, my heart!
遭受心脏病困扰的人数增加了。
Zāoshòu xīnzàngbìng kùnrǎo de rénshù zēngjiā le.
The number of people suffering from heart disease has increased.
手脏的时候千万不要揉眼睛。
Shǒu zāng de shíhou qiānwàn bù yào róu yǎnjing.
Never rub your eyes with dirty hands.
Character Family
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