齷齪

See also: 𮯎𮯇 and 龌龊

Chinese

			dirty; small-minded
trad. (齷齪)		齷	齪
simp. (龌龊)		龌	龊

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wòchuò

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄨㄛˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): o² co¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): aak¹ cuk¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ok-chhok
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷oq-tshoq₇ / ⁷aoq-tsaoq₇ / ⁷oq ⁷tsoq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wòchuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wòchuò
  - Wade–Giles: wo⁴-chʻo⁴
  - Yale: wò-chwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wohchuoh
  - Palladius: вочо (vočo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: o² co¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: o co
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /o²¹ t͡sʰo⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aak¹ cuk¹
  - Yale: āak chūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aak⁷ tsuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ag¹ cug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːk̚⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ok-chhok
  - Tâi-lô: ok-tshok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: okzhog
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰɔk̚³²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Chongming, Chuansha, Suzhou, Haining)
  - Wugniu: ⁷oq-tshoq₇
  - MiniDict: oh^入 tshoh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴oq-tshoq₄
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /oʔ³³ t͡sʰoʔ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /oʔ⁴⁴ t͡sʰoʔ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ʔoʔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰoʔ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Chuansha): /oʔ³³ t͡sʰoʔ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /oʔ⁴⁴ t͡sʰoʔ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Haining): /oʔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰoʔ⁵⁵/
- (Northern: Songjiang)
  - Wugniu: ⁷aoq-tsaoq₇
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /ɒʔ⁴⁴ t͡sɒʔ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁷oq ⁷tsoq
  - MiniDict: oh^入 tsoh^入
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /oʔ⁵⁵ t͡soʔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'aewk tsrhaewk

Rime
Character	齷	齪
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	於角切	測角切
Baxter	'aewk	tsrhaewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠʌk̚/	/t͡ʃʰˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚɔk̚/	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɔk̚/	/t͡ʃʰɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨwk̚/	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔɔk̚/	/t͡ʃʰɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ɔk̚/	/t͡ʃʰɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɔk̚/	/ʈ͡ʂʰɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yue	chuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ok³	cok³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qroːɡ sʰroːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	齷	齪
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	13070	17918
Phonetic component	屋	足
Rime group	屋	屋
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	渥	娖
Old Chinese	/*qroːɡ/	/*sʰroːɡ/
Notes	見張衡賦	注：開孔具。集韻以此爲正，注齷齪迫也，見張衡賦

Adjective

齷齪

filthy; dirty
vile; despicable
(literary) narrow (minded); small; confined
Alternative form: 握齪 / 握龊 (wòchuò)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with 齟齬／龃龉 (jǔyǔ).

Synonyms

(filthy):

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不乾淨 / 不干净 (bù gānjìng)
惡濁 / 恶浊 (èzhuó)
污穢 / 污秽 (wūhuì)
骯髒 / 肮脏
髒 / 脏
髒兮兮 / 脏兮兮 (zāngxīxī)

Dialectal synonyms of 髒 (“dirty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		污, 穢, 污穢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		骯髒, 污穢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	髒, 腌臢
	Taiwan	髒, 骯髒
	Langfang	髒
	Harbin	埋汰
	Singapore	骯髒
Jilu Mandarin	Cangzhou	邋遢
	Baoding	骯髒
	Shijiazhuang	髒
	Jinan	髒, 窩囊, 腌臢
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	髒, 邋乎, 埋汰
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	齷齪, 邋遢
	Daming	陳
	Wanrong	髒, 日髒, 骯髒
	Xi'an	髒, 骯髒
	Xining	骯髒, 髒
	Xuzhou	骯髒, 腌臢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	髒
	Lanzhou	髒
	Ürümqi	髒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	挖抓, 髒, 齷齪, 邋遢
	Guang'an	挖抓
	Chongqing	挖抓
	Wuhan	拉瓜, 賴
	Guiyang	髒
	Kunming	邋遢
	Liuzhou	邋遢, 污糟, 涴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	髒
	Yangzhou	髒, 邋遢
	Hefei	髒, 膿糟, 拾弄
Cantonese	Guangzhou	污糟, 邋遢, 揦鮓
	Hong Kong	污糟, 邋遢, 揦鮓
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	邋遢, 骯屎
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	骯屎
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	揦鮓
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	垠
	Macau	污糟
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	污糟, 邋遢
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	邋遢, 揦鮓
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	污糟, 邋遢
	Foshan	污糟, 邋遢
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	污糟
	Foshan (Shunde)	污糟
	Foshan (Sanshui)	污糟
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	污糟
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	邋遢
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	邋遢
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	揦鮓
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	揦鮓
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	揦鮓, 邋遢
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	揦鮓
	Taishan	邋遢, 揦鮓, 黧貰
	Kaiping (Chikan)	邋遢, 揦鮓
	Enping (Niujiang)	邋遢
	Heshan (Yayao)	邋遢
	Dongguan	賴濕, 鹹濕
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	垠
	Yangjiang	失引, 污糟, 揦鮓
	Singapore (Guangfu)	污糟, 揦鮓
Gan	Nanchang	腌臢
	Lichuan	邋遢
	Pingxiang	雷堆, 雷賴, 齷齪
Hakka	Meixian	漚紐, 穢
	Xingning	累贅
	Huidong (Daling)	囉嗦
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	囉嗦
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	囉嗦
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	烏數
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	烏奴
	Liannan	邋遢
	Jiexi	垃圾
	Changting	齷齪
	Wuping	屙糟
	Wuping (Pingyu)	屙糟
	Liancheng	屙糟
	Ninghua	齷齪
	Yudu	屙糟
	Ruijin	屙糟
	Shangyou (Shexi)	垃圾
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Hong Kong	漚紐, 累贅, 囉嗦
Huizhou	Jixi	活柴, 污糟
	Shexian	邋遢, 污糟
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	遢邋
	Xiuning	遢邋
	Yixian	邋遢
	Qimen	邋遢
	Wuyuan	邋遢
Jin	Taiyuan	日髒, 髒, 腌臢
	Xinzhou	日髒
	Zhangjiakou	髒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	污喏, 垃圾
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	污喏
	Jianyang	污喏
	Wuyishan	垃圾
	Pucheng (Shibei)	垃圾
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	垃渣, 濫𡞟, 懶露, 五鹵, 齷齪
Southern Min	Xiamen	流瘍, 流死瘍, 垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 穢涗, 塕埃
	Quanzhou	腌臢, 兇, 驚儂, 穢涗, 塕埃
	Jinjiang	腌臢
	Zhangzhou	腌臢, 垃圾, 污漬, 驚儂, 垃圾鬼, 穢涗, 塕埃
	Taipei	垃圾, 垃儳, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	垃圾, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 驚儂
	Kaohsiung	垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 驚儂
	Yilan	垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂
	Changhua (Lukang)	垃圾, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂
	Taichung	垃圾
	Taichung (Wuqi)	垃圾
	Tainan	垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂, 流𣻸
	Taitung	垃圾
	Hsinchu	垃圾, 腌臢, 癩𰣻
	Kinmen	垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 癩𰣻
	Penghu (Magong)	垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 癩𰣻
	Penang (Hokkien)	垃儳
	Singapore (Hokkien)	流瘍, 垃儳, 垃圾, 厚穢
	Manila (Hokkien)	腌臢
	Chaozhou	垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑
	Shantou	垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	垃圾
	Jieyang	垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	凄疑
	Singapore (Teochew)	垃圾, 邋遢
	Leizhou	邋滯
	Wenchang	尻髒
	Haikou	尻髒
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	污盧
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	齷齪
Wu	Shanghai	齷齪, 鏖糟 dated, 齷里齷齪, 齷齪八邋, 邋遢, 邋里邋遢, 邋搭, 邋雜
	Shanghai (Yangpu)	齷齪
	Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)	齷齪
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	齷齪
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	齷齪
	Shanghai (Huinan, Pudong)	齷齪
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	齷齪
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	邋
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	齷齪, 髒
	Shanghai (Jiading)	齷齪
	Shanghai (Yuepu, Baoshan)	齷齪
	Shanghai (Chongming)	邋遢, 齷齪
	Suzhou	齷齪, 邋遢, 污糟
	Wuxi	污糟, 齷拉, 齷齪, 齷里齷齪, 邋遢, 邋里邋遢
	Haining (Xiashi)	齷齪, 邋遢, 邋雜
	Danyang	髒
	Hangzhou	埲, 邋遢, 齷齪, 齷里齷齪
	Ningbo	膩腥, 鏖糟, 淟汰, 邋遢 dated, 邋颯
	Wenzhou	鏖糟, 髒
	Jinhua	遮捏, 鏖糟
Xiang	Changsha	邋遢, 邋糊
Xiang	Shuangfeng	派老, 邋遢

(vile):

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卑劣 (bēiliè)
卑鄙
鄙劣 (bǐliè) (literary)
醜陋 / 丑陋 (chǒulòu)
骯髒 / 肮脏

Derived terms

卑鄙齷齪 / 卑鄙龌龊 (bēibǐwòchuò)
卑陋齷齪 / 卑陋龌龊
齷里齷齪 / 龌里龌龊

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ak-chak

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ak-chak
  - Tâi-lô: ak-tsak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: akzag
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ak̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sak̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sak̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ak̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sak̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ak̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sak̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ak̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sak̚³²/

Adjective

齷齪

(Hokkien) jittery; uncomfortable; irritable; agitated; anxious (due to sultry weather, stuffy air, bad environmental conditions, disorder, crowding, etc.)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (齷齪):

→ Japanese: 齷齪(あくせく) (akuseku)
→ Korean: 악착(齷齪) (akchak)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
齷	齪
あく Hyōgai	せく Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
𮯎𮯇 (extended shinjitai)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [a̠kɯ̟se̞kɯ̟]

Adverb

齷(あく)齪(せく) • (akuseku)

busily, fussily, worrying about small things

Usage notes

Takes the と (to) particle.

Verb

齷(あく)齪(せく)する • (akuseku suru) suru (stem 齷(あく)齪(せく)し (akuseku shi), past 齷(あく)齪(せく)した (akuseku shita))

busy oneself, get worked up, worry oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of "齷齪する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	齷齪し	あくせくし	akuseku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	齷齪し	あくせくし	akuseku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	齷齪する	あくせくする	akuseku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	齷齪する	あくせくする	akuseku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	齷齪すれ	あくせくすれ	akuseku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	齷齪せよ¹ 齷齪しろ²	あくせくせよ¹ あくせくしろ²	akuseku seyo¹ akuseku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	齷齪される	あくせくされる	akuseku sareru
Causative	齷齪させる齷齪さす	あくせくさせるあくせくさす	akuseku saseru akuseku sasu
Potential	齷齪できる	あくせくできる	akuseku dekiru
Volitional	齷齪しよう	あくせくしよう	akuseku shiyō
Negative	齷齪しない	あくせくしない	akuseku shinai
Negative continuative	齷齪せず	あくせくせず	akuseku sezu
Formal	齷齪します	あくせくします	akuseku shimasu
Perfective	齷齪した	あくせくした	akuseku shita
Conjunctive	齷齪して	あくせくして	akuseku shite
Hypothetical conditional	齷齪すれば	あくせくすれば	akuseku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“^▲齷^▲齪”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
齷	齪

Noun

齷齪 • (akchak) (hangeul 악착)

hanja form^? of 악착 (“stubbornness; tenacity”)