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臊

sào

Character

What 臊 means

1. shame
2. bashfulness
3. to shame
4. to humiliate

Other readings

臊 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• sāoto smell of urine (or sweat etc)

Example sentences

• 我替他害臊。
  Wǒ tì tā hàisào.
  I feel bad for him.
• 我们没理由害臊。
  Wǒmen méi lǐyóu hàisào.
  We have no reason to feel ashamed.

Words starting with 臊

• 臊子sào zi(dialect) minced or diced meat (as part of a dish)
• 臊气sāo qìfoul smell; stench; smell of urine
• 臊腥sāo xīngstench; stink
• 臊眉耷眼sào méi dā yǎn(dialect) ashamed

Words containing 臊

• 害臊hài sàoto be bashful; to feel ashamed
• 没羞没臊méi xiū méi sàoshameless

Characters built on 月

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

• 脑nǎobrain; mind; head
• 朝zhāomorning
• 胞bāoplacenta; womb; born of the same parents
• 腰yāothe waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)…
• 膏gāoointment; paste
• 脬pāobladder

Characters that look like 臊

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

• 操cāoto grasp; to hold; to operate
• 瞧qiáoto look at; to see; to see (a doctor)
• 膳shànmeals
• 蹂róutrample
• 朦méngused in 朦胧
• 糠kānghusk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)

Sounds the same

Read sào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 扫(bound form) a (large) broom
• 瘙itch; old term for scabies; Taiwan pr. sāo
• 喿chirping of birds
• 氉restless, melancholy
• 埽dike; old variant of 扫