污垢

Chinese

		dirt; filth	dirt; disgrace
trad. (污垢/汙垢)		污/汙	垢
simp. (污垢)		污	垢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūgòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄍㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ gau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): u-kò͘ / u-kió / u-kǎu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūgòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄍㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wugòu
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-kou⁴
    • Yale: wū-gòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ugow
    • Palladius: угоу (ugou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ koʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ gau³
    • Yale: wū gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ kɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: u-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: u-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: u'kox
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /u⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: u-kió
    • Tâi-lô: u-kió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: u'kioir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u³³ kio⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: u-kǎu
    • Tâi-lô: u-kǎu
    • IPA (Longyan): /u³³⁴ kau⁵³/

Noun

污垢

1. dirt; filth

   它是一種強力溶劑混合物，能夠去除污垢和油脂。 [MSC, trad.]
   它是一种强力溶剂混合物，能够去除污垢和油脂。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā shì yī zhǒng qiánglì róngjì hùnhéwù, nénggòu qùchú wūgòu hé yóuzhī. [Pinyin]

   It is a powerful solvent mixture that can remove dirt and grease.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 皴 (“grime on one's skin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		污垢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	皴兒, 皴, 泥兒, 泥拘拘兒, 泥拘溜兒, 泥卷兒
	Taiwan	污垢
	Harbin	皴
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	垢圿
	Xi'an	垢圿
	Xuzhou	疙子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	垢圿
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	垢圿
	Lanzhou	垢圿
	Ürümqi	垢圿
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	圿圿
	Wuhan	圪漬
	Guiyang	格膩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	古漆頭兒, 古漆, 古𪣩
	Yangzhou	𪣩
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老泥
	Hong Kong	老泥
	Taishan	老泥
	Kaiping (Chikan)	老泥
	Dongguan	老絡
Gan	Nanchang	垢圿
	Pingxiang	老㿸, 㿸
Hakka	Meixian	㿸
	Xingning	㿸, 㿸膠哩
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	㿸, 老絡, 老泥
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	㿸
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	㿸
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	㿸
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	㿸
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	㿸
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	㿸
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	㿸
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	㿸
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	㿸
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	㿸
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	㿸
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	㿸
	Hong Kong	㿸牯
Jin	Taiyuan	圪搓搓
	Xinzhou	黑水
Northern Min	Jian'ou	垢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	垢
Southern Min	Xiamen	鉎, 垢圿
	Quanzhou	垢圿
	Zhao'an	垢糗
	Taipei	鉎
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	鉎
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鉎
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鉎
	Kaohsiung	鉎
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鉎
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	鉎
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鉎
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	鉎
	Yilan (Luodong)	鉎
	Yilan (Toucheng)	鉎
	Tainan	鉎, 垢圿鉎
	Tainan (Anping)	鉎
	Kinmen	鉎
	Penghu (Magong)	鉎
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鉎
	Manila (Hokkien)	垢圿
	Shantou	垢圿
	Jieyang	垢圿, 垢圿丸
	Leizhou	垢圿
	Haikou	垢圿
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	㾪塗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老泥
Wu	Shanghai	𪣩, 老𪣩
	Danyang	𪣩
	Ningbo	泥鏽
	Wenzhou	零藏
Xiang	Changsha	㿸圿子, 㿸