玷污

Chinese

		blemish; disgrace; flaw in jade	dirt; filth
trad. (玷污/玷汙)		玷	污/汙
simp. (玷污)		玷	污
alternative forms		沾污 Cantonese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diànwū

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dim³ wu¹, dim² wu¹, zim¹ wu¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiàm-u

  (Teochew, Peng'im): diam¹ u¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànwū
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànwu
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-wu¹
    • Yale: dyàn-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannu
    • Palladius: дяньу (djanʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ u⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dim³ wu¹, dim² wu¹, zim¹ wu¹
    • Yale: dim wū, dím wū, jīm wū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dim³ wu¹, dim² wu¹, dzim¹ wu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dim³ wu¹, dim² wu¹, jim¹ wu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³³ wuː⁵⁵/, /tiːm³⁵ wuː⁵⁵/, /t͡siːm⁵⁵ wuː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiàm-u
    • Tâi-lô: tiàm-u
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diarm'w
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiam²¹⁻⁵³ u⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ u³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: diam¹ u¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiam u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiam³³⁻²³ u³³/

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• Middle Chinese: temX

Rime
Character	玷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	添 (157)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	多忝切
Baxter	temX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/temX/
Pan Wuyun	/temX/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛmX/
Li Rong	/temX/
Wang Li	/tiemX/
Bernard Karlgren	/tiemX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dim2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤemʔ  qʷˤra/

  (Zhengzhang): /*teːmʔ  qʷaː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	玷	污
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	diàn	wā
Middle Chinese	‹ temX ›	‹ ʔwæ ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁemʔ/	/*qʷˁra/
English	black spot	impure, vile
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	玷	污
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	16722	15679
Phonetic component	占	于
Rime group	談	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	點	烏
Old Chinese	/*teːmʔ/	/*qʷaː/
Notes		同洿

Verb

玷污

1. to stain; to denigrate; to sully; to tarnish
2. (euphemistic) to sexually violate; to rape; to molest

Synonyms

• (to stain):

• 弄髒／弄脏 (nòngzāng)
• 污 (wū)
• 髒／脏

 

• (to sexually violate):

• 姦污／奸污 (jiānwū)
• 姦淫／奸淫 (jiānyín)
• 強姦／强奸 (qiángjiān)
• 強暴／强暴 (qiángbào)
• 施暴 (shībào)
• 糟蹋 (zāotà)