zāng
adjective HSK 2 #1,818

Meanings

  1. 1 dirty; filthy

Examples

Nǐ de shǒu hěn zāng.
Your hands are very dirty.
Zhè jiàn yīfu tài zāng le, yào xǐ le.
This piece of clothing is too dirty, it needs to be washed.

Tips

usage
can describe both physical dirtiness (衣服 = dirty clothes) and figurative impurity (脏话 = dirty words/profanity, = dirty water). Note: the traditional character is different from (zàng, internal organs).

Stroke Order

zāng