污染

See also: 汚染 and 汙染

Chinese

		dirt; filth	to catch (a disease); dye
trad. (污染/汙染/汚染)		污/汙/汚	染
simp. (污染)		污	染

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūrǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄖㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ jim⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vû-ngiam
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ù-liám / u-liám / u-jiám / ù-jiám / u-giám

  (Teochew, Peng'im): u¹ riam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūrǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄖㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wurǎn
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-jan³
    • Yale: wū-rǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uraan
    • Palladius: ужань (užanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ʐän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ jim⁵
    • Yale: wū yíhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ jim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ yim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ jiːm¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vû-ngiam
    • Hakka Romanization System: vu´ ngiam
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu¹ ngiam⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /vu²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi̯am⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ù-liám
    • Tâi-lô: ù-liám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uoliarm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /u⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liam⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: u-liám
    • Tâi-lô: u-liám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uliarm
    • IPA (Taipei): /u⁴⁴⁻³³ liam⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u⁴⁴⁻²² liam⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: u-jiám
    • Tâi-lô: u-jiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ujiarm
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u⁴⁴⁻³³ ziam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /u⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ziam⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ù-jiám
    • Tâi-lô: ù-jiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uojiarm
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u²¹⁻⁴¹ ziam⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: u-giám
    • Tâi-lô: u-giám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: u'giarm
    • IPA (Longyan): /u³³⁴ ɡiam²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: u¹ riam²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: u jiám
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³³⁻²³ d͡ziam⁵²/

Verb

污染

1. (literally, figuratively) to pollute; to contaminate

   被污染的空氣／被污染的空气  ―  bèi wūrǎn de kōngqì  ―  polluted air

   防止污染  ―  fángzhǐ wūrǎn  ―  to prevent pollution

   防治污染  ―  fángzhì wūrǎn  ―  to prevent and control pollution

   地下水污染修復／地下水污染修复  ―  dìxiàshuǐ wūrǎn xiūfù  ―  groundwater pollution remediation

   蘭州是全球污染最嚴重城市之一。 [MSC, trad.]
   兰州是全球污染最严重城市之一。 [MSC, simp.]

   Lánzhōu shì quánqiú wūrǎn zuì yánzhòng chéngshì zhīyī. [Pinyin]

   Lanzhou is one of the world's most polluted cities.

Antonyms

• 淨化／净化 (jìnghuà)

Derived terms

• 二次污染
• 光污染 (guāngwūrǎn)
• 噪音污染 (zàoyīn wūrǎn)
• 土壤污染 (tǔrǎng wūrǎn)
• 大氣污染／大气污染
• 放射污染
• 核污染
• 水污染 (shuǐwūrǎn)
• 污染源 (wūrǎnyuán)
• 污染物 (wūrǎnwù)
• 油污染
• 海水污染
• 熱污染／热污染
• 環境污染／环境污染 (huánjìng wūrǎn)
• 白色污染 (báisè wūrǎn)
• 空氣污染／空气污染 (kōngqì wūrǎn)
• 精神污染 (jīngshén wūrǎn)

 

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
污	染

Noun

污染

1. chữ Hán form of ô nhiễm (“pollution”).

Adjective

污染

1. chữ Hán form of ô nhiễm (“pollutant”).