Tom likes to play in the dirt.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
污垢
dirt; filth; grime
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
dirt; filth; grime
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 污垢 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 污垢 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Tom is washing the dirt off the plates.
They not only washed off the sweat, dirt and cares of the day in the hot water, but also enjoyed gossiping about everyday affairs.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 污垢.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 污垢.
Directly before
- 在污垢1
- 的污垢1
- 和污垢1
Directly after
- 污垢和1
- 污垢里1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 污垢
What does 污垢 mean in Chinese?
污垢 (wūgòu) means dirt; filth; grime.
How do you pronounce 污垢?
污垢 is pronounced wūgòu.
Is 污垢 an HSK word?
污垢 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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