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濁
简 浊 · 繁 濁Mandarin · pinyin zhuó
Meanings
- turbid; murky; impure
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2 · zhuo2
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 9 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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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