污垢 meaning in English

wūgòu

dirt; filth; grime

Traditional 汙垢15 strokes

Meaning of 污垢

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wūgòu
  1. dirt; filth; grime
wūgòu
  1. variant of 污垢[wu1 gou4]

污垢 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ喜xǐ欢huān在zài污wū垢gòu里lǐ玩wán。
Tom likes to play in the dirt.
Tom洗xǐ去qù盘pán子zi上shàng的de污wū垢gòu。
Tom is washing the dirt off the plates.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

污 wū · filthy · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
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  6. 6

垢 gòu · dirt · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
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  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 污垢.

污染wūrǎn(lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate
污水wūshuǐsewage
污秽wūhuì(literary) dirty; filthy; (literary) dirt; filth
贪污tānwūto be corrupt; corruption
玷污diànwūto stain; to sully
污点wūdiǎnstain; taint
污渍wūzìstain
污蔑wūmièto slander; to smear
污辱wūrǔto humiliate; to insult
污染物wūrǎnwùpollutant
同流合污tóngliúhéwūto wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others

Questions about 污垢

What does 污垢 mean?

污垢 (wūgòu) means "dirt; filth; grime".

How do you write 污垢?

污垢 is made of 2 characters: 污 (6 strokes), 垢 (9 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

How is 污垢 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 污垢 is written 汙垢.