脏 zāng

“dirty; filthy; to get (sth) dirty”

adjectiveHSK 4 · 2021 list level 2Traditional 髒

新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level

脏 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.

Entry 963: 脏 zāng — Level 3; official annotation 3 (形). PDF page 104

Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.

用法How to use 脏

脏 describes something that is not clean—dirty or filthy. It is an adjective, commonly used after 很/太 or before 的 + noun, and often describes hands, clothes, rooms, or water. To say someone makes something dirty, use 弄脏 rather than 脏 as a verb.

例句Example sentences

你的手很脏，去洗一洗吧。nǐ de shǒu hěn zāng, qù xǐ yi xǐ ba.Your hands are very dirty; go wash them.
这件衣服脏了，我要换一件。zhè jiàn yī fu zāng le, wǒ yào huàn yí jiàn.This piece of clothing got dirty; I want to change into another one.
房间又脏又乱，我们打扫一下吧。fáng jiān yòu zāng yòu luàn, wǒ men dǎ sǎo yí xià ba.The room is dirty and messy; let's clean it up.

义项All meanings

zàng: viscera; (anatomy) organ
zāng: dirty; filthy; to get (sth) dirty