污浊

污濁

wūzhuó

adjective #30,448

Meanings

1 dirty; muddy; foul (especially of water or air)
2 (figurative) corrupt; depraved

Characters

filth; to dirty

Examples

HSK 5

工厂排出的污浊气体污染了空气。

Gōngchǎng páichū de wūzhuó qìtǐ wūrǎn le kōngqì.

The foul gases discharged by the factory polluted the air.

HSK 5

他厌恶这个污浊的社会环境。

Tā yànwù zhège wūzhuó de shèhuì huánjìng.

He loathed this corrupt social environment.

Tips

usage

Most common collocations: 污浊的空气 (foul air), 污浊的河水 (filthy river water). The figurative 'morally corrupt' sense is more literary - in everyday speech use 肮脏 (āngzāng) for 'dirty' or 腐败 (fǔbài) for 'corrupt'.

Stroke Order

污 wū

浊 zhuó