骯髒

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 腌臢?”)

骯髒

1. dirty; filthy

   長江的水污染越來越嚴重，下游江面上常漂著許多骯髒的垃圾。 [MSC, trad.]
   长江的水污染越来越严重，下游江面上常漂著许多肮脏的垃圾。 [MSC, simp.]

   Chángjiāng de shuǐ wūrǎn yuèláiyuè yánzhòng, xiàyóu jiāngmiàn shàng cháng piào zhù xǔduō āngzāng de lājī. [Pinyin]

   Water pollution in the Yangtze River is getting more and more serious, and there is often a lot of dirty garbage floating on the river downstream.

2. base; shameless; despicable; repulsive

   買賣野生動物是一場骯髒的交易。 [MSC, trad.]
   买卖野生动物是一场肮脏的交易。 [MSC, simp.]

   Mǎimài yěshēngdòngwù shì yī chǎng āngzāng de jiāoyì. [Pinyin]

   Buying and selling wild animals is a dirty business.

3. (dialectal) uncomfortable; annoyed

• (dirty):

• (base):

• (antonym(s) of “dirty”): 乾淨／干净 (gānjìng), 潔淨／洁净 (jiéjìng)

骯髒

1. (literary) curling
2. (literary) fat
3. (literary, of being "firmly straight; firmly not bending", figuratively); upright and unyielding