Dictionary › 嗅觉

嗅觉

xiù jué

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 嗅覺

嗅觉 (xiù jué) means "sense of smell". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 嗅觉 means

1. sense of smell

The characters in 嗅觉

• 嗅xiùto smell; to sniff; to nose
• 觉juéto feel; to find that; thinking

Example sentences

• 狗的嗅觉灵敏。
  Gǒu de xiùjué língmǐn.
  Dogs have a keen sense of smell.
• 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.

Where 嗅觉 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · xiōng–xū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiù jué correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.