赃 (zāng): booty
赃 (zāng) is a Chinese character meaning “booty.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 贝 (semantic) and 庄 (phonetic). It ranks #2871 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 赃 money. Its radical form 贝 (shell) appears in many related characters such as 贵 (guì, abbr. for Guizhou Province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]), 负 (fù, to bear), 责 (zé, responsibility).
Definitions
- booty
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 栽赃 | zāi zāng | to frame sb (by planting sth on them) |
| 赃物 | zāng wù | booty |
| 赃款 | zāng kuǎn | booty |
| 销赃 | xiāo zāng | to dispose of stolen goods |
| 分赃 | fēn zāng | to share the booty |
| 贪赃枉法 | tān zāng wǎng fǎ | corruption and abuse of the law (idiom) |
| 人赃俱获 | rén zāng jù huò | (of a thief, smuggler etc) to be caught with stolen or illegal goods |
| 追赃 | zhuī zāng | to order the return of stolen goods |
| 赃官污吏 | zāng guān wū lì | grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom) |
赃 appears in 9 compound words: 33 as the first character, 44 as the last, and 22 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 赃 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
赃款赃物必须全部追缴，上缴国库。
Zāngkuǎn zāngwù bìxū quánbù zhuījiǎo, shàngjiǎo guókù.
Illicit money and goods must be fully recovered and turned over to the state treasury.
...的车零件可能在这 南加警方查获50万美元赃物
. . . de chē líng jiàn kě néng zài zhè nán jiā jǐng fāng chá huò 5 0 wàn měi yuán zāng wù
南加州破货运盗窃集团拘9人 检5500万赃物冷气雪柜乜都偷
nán jiā zhōu pò huò yùn dào qiè jí tuán jū 9 rén jiǎn 5 5 0 0 wàn zāng wù lěng qì xuě guì 乜 dōu tōu
Nine Arrested in Southern California for Breaking into Freight Trucks; Prosecutors Seize $55 Million in Stolen Goods—From Air Conditioners to Refrigerators, They Stole Everything
强化查缉赃车出口 经部修正查证规定4月15日生效
qiáng huà chá jī zāng chē chū kǒu jīng bù xiū zhèng chá zhèng guī dìng 4 yuè 1 5 rì shēng xiào
Strengthening Crackdown on Stolen Vehicles Exported: Ministry of Economic Affairs Amends Verification Regulations, Effective April 15
...指开展核试验 中外交部批美“捕风捉影、栽赃抹黑”
. . . zhǐ kāi zhǎn hé shì yàn zhōng wài jiāo bù pī měi bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng zāi zāng mā hēi
... Referring to the launch of nuclear tests, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized the United States for "chasing the wind and shadows, planting stolen goods and smearing"
Character Family
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