浊 (zhuó): turbid, muddy, impure
浊 (zhuó) is a Chinese character meaning “turbid.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (structural) and 虫 (structural). It ranks #2736 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 浊 a pond 氵 growing scum 虫. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- turbid
- muddy
- impure
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA pond 氵 growing scum 虫
Decomposition: ⿰氵虫 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 污浊adjective | wū zhuó | dirty |
| 浑浊adjective | hún zhuó | muddy |
| 混浊adjective | hùn zhuó | turbid |
| 浊音noun | zhuó yīn | (phonetics) voiced sound |
| 激浊扬清 | jī zhuó yáng qīng | lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom) |
| 扬清激浊 | yáng qīng jī zhuó | see 激濁揚清|激浊扬清 |
| 浊塞音noun | zhuó sè yīn | (linguistics) voiced stop |
| 浊世noun | zhuó shì | the world in chaos |
| 浊度 | zhuó dù | turbidity |
| 白浊noun | bái zhuó | gonorrhea (TCM term) |
| 五浊 | wǔ zhuó | the five impurities (Buddhism) |
| 浊流noun | zhuó liú | turbid flow |
| 浊酒noun | zhuó jiǔ | unfiltered rice wine |
| 恶浊adjective | è zhuó | filthy |
| 浊积岩 | zhuó jī yán | turbidite (geology) |
浊 appears in 20 compound words: 45 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 5 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 浊 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Showing 1 of 2 idioms containing 浊.
Example Sentences
暴雨过后，浊水上涨，淹没了低洼的街道。
bào yǔ guò hòu , zhuó shuǐ shǎng zhǎng , yān méi le dī 洼 de jiē dào .
After the downpour, the muddy water rose, flooding the low-lying streets.
原本清澈的 溪流突然变浑浊 ，可能是上游暴雨将泥沙、石块带入水中，形成山洪、泥石流。
yuán běn qīng chè de xī liú tū rán biàn hún zhuó , kě néng shì shàng yóu bào yǔ jiāng ní shā , shí kuài dài rù shuǐ zhōng , xíng chéng shān hóng , ní shí liú .
The stream, which had been clear, suddenly turned murky—possibly because a heavy rainstorm upstream washed sediment and rocks into the water, causing flash floods and mudslides.
对此恶风浊流，非除不可！
duì cǐ è fēng zhuó liú , fēi chú bù kě !
These harmful trends and corrupt influences must be eradicated!
GSK流感疫苗有混浊物同批停用 台中12剂已封存
G S K liú gǎn yì miáo yǒu hùn zhuó wù tóng pī tíng yòng tái zhōng 1 2 jì yǐ fēng cún
GSK Flu Vaccine Batch Recalled Due to Particles; 12 Doses in Taichung Have Been Sealed
新/GSK流感疫苗惊见白色混浊 14县市回收
xīn G S K liú gǎn yì miáo jīng jiàn bái sè hùn zhuó 1 4 xiàn shì huí shōu
New/GSK Flu Vaccine Found to Contain White Turbidity; Recalled in 14 Counties and Cities
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