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
Mandarin	Beijing	皴兒, 皴, 泥兒, 泥拘拘兒, 泥拘溜兒, 泥卷兒
	Taiwan	污垢
	Harbin	皴
	Luoyang	垢圿
	Xi'an	垢圿
	Yinchuan	垢圿
	Lanzhou	垢圿
	Ürümqi	垢圿
	Wuhan	圪漬
	Chengdu	圿圿
	Guiyang	格膩
	Xuzhou	疙子
	Yangzhou	𪣩
	Nanjing	古漆頭兒, 古漆, 古𪣩
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	垢圿
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
	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	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