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zàng

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zàng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zàng | zang4
English translation
viscera
(anatomy) organ
dirty
filthy
organs, viscera; dirty, filthy

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About zàng

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

zàng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

flesh

Etymology of zàng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⺼庄

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zhuāng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zhuāng represents the sound. Simplified form of zàng (dirty) and zàng (internal organ).

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Example sentences using zàng

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zǒu dào 门口 mén kǒu tóu 泼来 pén zàng Shuǐ .

As he reached the door, he was showered straight on the head with a basin of slops.

小心 xiǎoxīn 牛奶 niúnǎi le 出来 chū lái , lòng zàng le 报告 bàogào .

I blurred my report by spilling milk on it.

富兰慌乱 huāng luàn de Cóng 裤兜里拉 lǐ lā chū tiáo 肮脏 āng zāng de Lán 手帕 shǒu pà .

Frank jerked a dirty blue handkerchief from his trousers pocket.

犹豫不决 yóu yù bù jué de zhàn le 一会儿 yīhuìr , yòng 手杖 shǒu zhàng 扒拉 bā lā 一阵 yī zhèn gōu de zàng 东西 dōngxī .

He stood a moment irresolutely prodding the muck in the ditch.

diǎo Xīn hǎo de Chē lòng zàng le .

The birds fouled up his newly washed car.

Words with zàng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
心脏 xīnzàng heart心臟
zàng viscera zàng
心脏病 xīn zàng bìng heart disease心臟病
肝脏 gān zàng liver肝臟
肮脏 āng zāng dirty骯髒
肾脏 shèn zàng kidney腎臟
内脏 nèi zàng viscera內臟
脏话 zāng huà profanity髒話
脏器 zàng qì internal organs臟器
脾脏 pí zàng spleen脾臟
脏腑 zàng fǔ inner organs臟腑
五脏 wǔ zàng five viscera of TCM, namely: heart xīn [xīn], liver gān [gān], spleen [pí], lungs fèi [fèi] and kidneys shèn | shèn [shèn]五臟
弄脏 nòng zāng to make dirty弄髒
五脏六腑 wǔ zàng liù fǔ five viscera and six bowels (TCM)五臟六腑
脏乱 zāng luàn in a mess髒亂
脏字 zāng zì obscenity髒字
脏兮兮 zāng xī xī dirty髒兮兮
脏乱差 zāng luàn chà squalor髒亂差
脏水 zāng shuǐ sewage髒水
脏病 zāng bìng (coll.) venereal disease髒病
脏脏 zāng zāng dirty髒髒
脏污 zāng wū to dirty髒污
胰脏 yí zàng pancreas胰臟

zàng Decomposition & Compounds

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zàng Decomposition

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