to blame; bury
to discard; to eliminate; too
simp. and trad. (埋汰
埋
汰
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埋汰
( dialectal Mandarin ) dirty ; grubby
谁 说 不是 呢 ，真的 是 挺 埋汰 的 ，屏幕 上 斑斑点点 隐约 可见 ，大都 是 吃 面条 的 时候 溅 上 的 ，还有 鲜红 的 小 点儿 ，那 是 吃 石榴 时 溅 上 的 。[MSC , simp. 誰 說 不是 呢 ，真的 是 挺 埋汰 的 ，屏幕 上 斑斑點點 隱約 可見 ，大都 是 吃 麵條 的 時候 濺 上 的 ，還有 鮮紅 的 小 點兒 ，那 是 吃 石榴 時 濺 上 的 。[MSC , trad. Shéi shuō bùshì ne, zhēnde shì tǐng máitai de, píngmù shang bānbāndiǎndiǎn yǐnyuē kějiàn, dàdū shì chī miàntiáo de shíhou jiànshang de, háiyǒu xiānhóng de xiǎodiǎnr, nà shì chī shíliú shí jiànshang de. [Pinyin] You can say that again. It really is quite dirty . We can still vaguely see the dots and stains on the screen; they're probably splashed on when eating noodles. There are also small bright red dots, which are splashed on when eating pomegranate. Dialectal synonyms of
髒 (“dirty”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
污 穢 污穢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
骯髒 污穢
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
髒 腌臢
Taiwan
髒 骯髒
Langfang
髒
Harbin
埋汰
Singapore
骯髒
Jilu Mandarin
Cangzhou
邋遢
Baoding
骯髒
Shijiazhuang
髒
Jinan
髒 窩囊 腌臢
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
髒 邋乎 埋汰
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
齷齪 邋遢
Daming
陳
Wanrong
髒 日髒 骯髒
Xi'an
髒 骯髒
Xining
骯髒 髒
Xuzhou
骯髒 腌臢
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
髒
Lanzhou
髒
Ürümqi
髒
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
髒 齷齪 邋遢
Wuhan
拉瓜 賴
Guiyang
髒
Kunming
邋遢
Liuzhou
邋遢 污糟 涴
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
髒
Yangzhou
髒 邋遢
Hefei
髒 膿糟 拾弄
Cantonese
Guangzhou
污糟 邋遢 揦鮓
Hong Kong
污糟 邋遢 揦鮓
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
邋遢 骯屎
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
骯屎
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
揦鮓
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
垠
Macau
污糟
Guangzhou (Panyu)
污糟 邋遢
Guangzhou (Conghua)
邋遢 揦鮓
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
污糟 邋遢
Foshan
污糟 邋遢
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
污糟
Foshan (Shunde)
污糟
Foshan (Sanshui)
污糟
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
污糟
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
邋遢
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
邋遢
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
揦鮓
Zhuhai (Doumen)
揦鮓
Jiangmen (Baisha)
揦鮓 邋遢
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
揦鮓
Taishan
邋遢 揦鮓
Kaiping (Chikan)
邋遢 揦鮓
Enping (Niujiang)
邋遢
Heshan (Yayao)
邋遢
Dongguan
賴濕 鹹濕
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
垠
Yangjiang
失引 污糟 揦鮓
Singapore (Guangfu)
污糟 揦鮓
Gan
Nanchang
腌臢
Lichuan
邋遢
Pingxiang
雷堆 雷賴 齷齪
Hakka
Meixian
漚紐 穢
Xingning
累贅
Huidong (Daling)
囉嗦
Dongguan (Qingxi)
囉嗦
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
囉嗦
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
烏數
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
烏奴
Liannan
邋遢
Jiexi
垃圾
Changting
齷齪
Wuping
屙糟
Wuping (Pingyu)
屙糟
Liancheng
屙糟
Ninghua
齷齪
Yudu
屙糟
Ruijin
屙糟
Shangyou (Shexi)
垃圾
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
屙糟 垃圾
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
屙糟 垃圾
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
屙糟 垃圾
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
屙糟 垃圾
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
屙糟 垃圾
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
屙糟 垃圾
Hong Kong
漚紐 累贅 囉嗦
Huizhou
Jixi
活柴 污糟
Shexian
邋遢 污糟
Huangshan (Tunxi)
遢邋
Xiuning
遢邋
Yixian
邋遢
Qimen
邋遢
Wuyuan
邋遢
Jin
Taiyuan
日髒 髒 腌臢
Xinzhou
日髒
Zhangjiakou
髒
Northern Min
Jian'ou
污喏 垃圾
Jian'ou (Dikou)
污喏
Jianyang
污喏
Wuyishan
垃圾
Pucheng (Shibei)
垃圾
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
垃渣 濫𡞟 懶露 五鹵 齷齪
Southern Min
Xiamen
流瘍 流死瘍 垃圾 腌臢 驚儂 垃儳 穢涗 塕埃
Quanzhou
腌臢 兇 驚儂 穢涗 塕埃
Zhangzhou
腌臢 垃圾 淤漬 驚儂 垃圾鬼 穢涗 塕埃
Taipei
垃圾 垃儳 癩𰣻爛癆 驚儂
New Taipei (Sanxia)
垃圾 腌臢 癩𰣻 驚儂
Kaohsiung
垃圾 垃儳 腌臢 癩𰣻 驚儂
Yilan
垃圾 垃儳 腌臢 癩𰣻爛癆 驚儂
Changhua (Lukang)
垃圾 癩𰣻爛癆 驚儂
Taichung
垃圾
Taichung (Wuqi)
垃圾
Tainan
垃圾 垃儳 腌臢 癩𰣻 癩𰣻爛癆 驚儂 流𣻸
Taitung
垃圾
Hsinchu
垃圾 腌臢 癩𰣻
Kinmen
垃圾 腌臢 驚儂 垃儳 癩𰣻
Penghu (Magong)
垃圾 腌臢 驚儂 垃儳 癩𰣻
Penang (Hokkien)
垃儳
Singapore (Hokkien)
流瘍 垃儳 垃圾 厚穢
Manila (Hokkien)
腌臢
Chaozhou
垃圾 鏖糟 凄疑
Shantou
垃圾 鏖糟 凄疑
Shantou (Chaoyang)
垃圾
Jieyang
垃圾 鏖糟 凄疑
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
凄疑
Singapore (Teochew)
垃圾 邋遢
Leizhou
邋滯
Wenchang
尻髒
Haikou
尻髒
Zhongshan Min
Shaxi (Longdu)
污盧
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
齷齪
Wu
Shanghai
齷齪 鏖糟 dated
Shanghai (Chongming)
邋遢 齷齪
Suzhou
齷齪 邋遢 污糟
Wuxi
污糟 齷拉
Danyang
髒
Hangzhou
埲 邋遢
Ningbo
膩腥 鏖糟 淟汰 邋遢 dated
Wenzhou
鏖糟 髒
Jinhua
遮捏 鏖糟
Xiang
Changsha
邋遢 邋糊
Shuangfeng
派老 邋遢
埋汰
( dialectal Mandarin ) ridicule ; to make fun of ; to speak ill of