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骯髒

简肮脏 · 繁骯髒

Mandarin · pinyin āng zāng

dirty; filthy
despicable

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髒: Look up this written character
肮: āng · dirty
脏: zàng · internal organs, viscera; dirty

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1–1 · ang1 zang1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hong1 zong1 · ong1 zong1

Cantonese word readings for 骯髒. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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adj · Etymology 1

dirty; filthy
base; shameless; despicable; repulsive
(dialectal) uncomfortable; annoyed

adj · Etymology 2

(literary) curling
(literary) fat
(literary, of being "firmly straight; firmly not bending", figuratively); upright and unyielding

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