wò

涴

Character · Verb

to dirty; to stain; to soil

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to dirty; to soil; to stain (clothes or objects with oil, mud, etc.)

dialect

Commonly used in dialects to describe soiling clothes with grease, mud, or other substances. Often used in passive constructions with 被 or resultative compounds like 涴脏.

Tā他
de的
xīn新
yī衣
fu服
bèi被
jī机
yóu油
wò涴
zāng脏
le了
 。

His new clothes were stained with machine oil.

Xiǎo小
xīn心
bié别
bǎ把
ní泥
wò涴
zài在
kù裤
zi子
shàng上
 。

Be careful not to get mud on your pants.

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Zhè这
yóu油
wū污
hěn很
nán难
xǐ洗
diào掉
 ,
bǎ把
zhuō桌
bù布
wò涴
le了
yī一
dà大
piàn片
 。

This grease stain is hard to wash out; it soiled a large part of the tablecloth.