zāng

dirty

filthy; to get (sth) dirty

flesh (⺼) + phonetic 庄 = dirty, filthy

The flesh radical grounds the meaning in physical matter — bodies and surfaces that collect grime. 庄 contributes the sound zāng and does not add meaning here.

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VillagePhonetic

这双鞋太了,你去洗一下吧。

zhè shuāng xié tài zāng le, nǐ qù xǐ yī xià ba。

These shoes are too dirty; go wash them.

孩子在外面玩,把新衣服弄了。

hái zi zài wài miàn wán, bǎ xīn yī fu nòng zāng le。

The child was playing outside and got the new clothes dirty.

Words with 脏

脏器

zàng qì

internal organs

脏腑

zàng fǔ

inner organs

脏躁

zàng zào

hysteria

开口成脏

kāi kǒu chéng zāng

(Internet slang) to use foul language (pun on 出口成章[chu1 kou3 cheng2 zhang1])

肮脏

āng zāng

dirty; filthy

脏乱

zāng luàn

dirty and disordered

脏乱差

zāng luàn chà

(coll.) squalid

脏兮兮

zāng xī xī

dirty

脏土

zāng tǔ

dirty soil

脏字

zāng zì

obscenity

脏弹

zāng dàn

dirty bomb

脏标

zāng biāo

Parental Advisory label (PRC)

More characters with ⺼