Dirty in Chinese (Mandarin): 脏 (zāng)
脏
zāng
dirty
- Simplified
- 脏
- Traditional
- 髒
- Pinyin
- zāng
- Typed as
- zang
Use it in a sentence
他的衣服很脏。
他的衣服很髒。
His clothes are very dirty.
The characters in 脏
脏 / 髒
Dirty. 月 (body) is on the left.
10 strokes
First tone. Getting dirty is 弄脏 (nòng zāng). 脏 read zàng means a body organ, as in 心脏 (xīnzàng), the heart.
More examples with 脏
我的鞋子脏了。
我的鞋子髒了。
Wǒ de xiézi zāng le.
My shoes are dirty.
小狗在泥里玩，好脏。
小狗在泥裡玩，好髒。
Xiǎo gǒu zài ní li wán, hǎo zāng.
The puppy played in the mud and got so dirty.
How to write 脏 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
脏 10 strokes
In Traditional characters:
髒 23 strokes
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