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濁

简浊 · 繁濁

Mandarin · pinyin zhuó

turbid; murky; impure

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浊: zhuó · muddy, turbid, dirty, filthy

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zuk6

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

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character · Etymology 1

muddy; turbid; dirty; filthy
chaotic; disorderly
(of voice) deep and thick
(phonetics, of consonants) voiced
(Cantonese) to choke; to gag
(Mainland China Hokkien) miscellaneous and in a jumble; mixed and disorderly
(Mainland China Hokkien, of food) nutritious but irritating causing sores or causing the start, reoccurrence, or change of an illness
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) thick; dense; strong (of flavor, etc.)

character · Etymology 2

(Southern Min) alternative form of 醪 (“murky; muddy; turbid; unclear”)

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