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

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.

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