Chinese edit

dregs dregs; sediment
trad. (渣滓)
simp. #(渣滓)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (18) (18)
Final () (98) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter tsrae tsriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ʃˠa/ /t͡ʃɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈ͡ʂᵚa/ /ʈ͡ʂɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ʃa/ /t͡ʃieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈ͡ʂaɨ/ /ʈ͡ʂɨX/
Li
Rong
/t͡ʃa/ /t͡ʃiəX/
Wang
Li
/t͡ʃa/ /t͡ʃĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʈ͡ʂa/ /ʈ͡ʂiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhā zhǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zaa1 zi2

Noun edit

渣滓

  1. dregs; residue; dross
  2. (figurative, derogatory) disreputable person; scum
    社會渣滓社会渣滓  ―  shèhuì de zhāzǐ  ―  scums of the society
  3. (dialectal) garbage; trash; rubbish

Synonyms edit

  • (dregs): (literary, or in compounds) (zhā); (Hokkien) (phoh)
  • (disreputable person): 人渣 (rénzhā)
  • (garbage):