脏物 (zàng wù) — stolen goods, loot | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

stolen goodsloot

Measure word · 件

Easily confused

赃物zāng wùlook-alikestolen goods; loot

Examples

脏物。
Jǐng chá zài xián yí rén de chē lǐ fā xiàn le dà liàng zàng wù.
The police found a large amount of stolen goods in the suspect's car.
脏物。
Tā yīn wèi cáng nì zàng wù bèi pàn le sān nián yǒu qī tú xíng.
He was sentenced to three years in prison for hiding stolen goods.
脏物。
Zhè xiē zàng wù shì cóng bó wù guǎn tōu chū lái de zhēn guì wén wù.
These stolen goods are precious cultural relics stolen from the museum.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 髒; 脏 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 脏 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (心脏) it is 臟; in others (脏) it is 髒.

骨葬髒

Meaning part形符xíngfú

骨骨gǔbone

Sound part声符shēngfú

葬

葬zàng髒zàng

Same sound today

The traditional form 髒 combines 骨 (bone) with 葬 (zàng) for the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

牛勿物

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

勿

勿wù物wù

Same sound today

物 puts 牛 beside 勿: 牛 gives the meaning, and 勿 gives the sound.

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