污

wū

“Dirty” in Chinese is 污 (wū).

Other characters with the syllable wu: see all 21 →

Meaning

dirty
filthy
foul

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corrupt
to smear
to defile
dirt
filth
variant of 污[wu1]

Example

工厂的废料导致了严重的环境污染。

The factory waste gave rise to serious environmental pollution.

From 污染 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Words containing 污

污染wūrǎn(lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminateHSK 5 污水wūshuǐsewageHSK 5 贪污tānwūto be corruptHSK 7-9 污秽wūhuì(literary) dirty; filthyHSK 7-9

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