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嗅

xiù

HSK 6 Character

What 嗅 means

1. to smell
2. to sniff
3. to nose

Example sentences

• 狗的嗅觉灵敏。
  Gǒu de xiùjué língmǐn.
  Dogs have a keen sense of smell.
• 我在电梯里嗅到烟味。
  Wǒ zài diàntī lǐ xiù dào yān wèi.
  I smell smoke in the elevator.
• 心有猛虎，细嗅蔷薇。
  Xīn yǒu měng hǔ, xì xiù qiángwēi.
  In me the tiger sniffs the rose.
• 狗的嗅觉比人类敏锐得多。
  Gǒu de xiùjué bǐ rénlèi mǐnruì de duō.
  A dog's sense of smell is much keener than a human's.
• 他一嗅到风声不对，就逃之夭夭了。
  Tā yī xiù dào fēng shēng bù duì, jiù táozhīyāoyāo le.
  Sensing danger, he ran away.

Words starting with 嗅

• 嗅觉xiù juésense of smell
• 嗅探xiù tànto sniff (in order to find sth)
• 嗅球xiù qiúolfactory bulb (anatomy)
• 嗅盐xiù yánsmelling salts
• 嗅探犬xiù tàn quǎnsniffer dog

Characters built on 臭

These share the phonetic component 臭 (chòu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 溴xiùbromine (chemistry)
• 糗qiǔdry rations (for a journey); (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush…

Characters that look like 嗅

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 嗡wēng(onomatopoeia) buzz; hum; drone
• 喽lóu(bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits
• 嘎gā(onomatopoeia) short but loud sound
• 嗔chēnto be angry at; to be displeased and annoyed
• 嗝géhiccup; belch
• 喹kuíused in 喹啉

Sounds the same

Read xiù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 秀(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent…
• 袖sleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
• 锈to rust
• 绣to embroider; embroidery
• 臭sense of smell; smell bad
• 岫cave; mountain peak
• 宿constellation
• 溴bromine (chemistry)
• 琇(jade)
• 珛quickly-deteriorating jade
• 褎sleeve; ample flowing robes
• 峀old variant of 岫