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臭

chòu

HSK 5 Character

What 臭 means

1. stench
2. smelly
3. to smell (bad)
4. repulsive
5. loathsome
6. terrible
7. bad
8. severely
9. ruthlessly
10. dud (ammunition)

Other readings

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

• xiùsense of smell; smell bad

Example sentences

• 你有口臭。
  Nǐ yǒu kǒuchòu.
  You have foul breath.
• 你少臭美！
  Nǐ shǎo chòuměi!
  As if!
• 你臭死了！
  You stink!
• 你这臭婊子。
  Nǐ zhè chòu biǎozi.
  Fucking whore.
• 你少臭美了！
  Nǐ shǎo chòuměi le!
  You're full of yourself.
• 鱼烂头先臭。
  A fish rots from the head down.

Words starting with 臭

• 臭味chòu wèibad smell; foul odor
• 臭豆腐chòu dòu fustinky tofu; strong-smelling preserved beancurd; fig. rough exterior but lovable person
• 臭气chòu qìstench
• 臭虫chòu chóngbedbug (Cimex lectularius); tick
• 臭骂chòu màtongue-lashing; to chew out
• 臭屁chòu pì(colloquial) self-important; puffed up
• 臭弹chòu dàndead bomb (i.e. not exploding on impact)
• 臭氧chòu yǎngozone (O₃)
• 臭粉chòu fěnbaking ammonia (ammonium bicarbonate)
• 臭美chòu měigreatly pleased with oneself; vain; conceited (used as an insult or teasingly)
• 臭脸chòu liǎnsour face; scowling face
• 臭臭chòu chou(baby talk) poop; poo
• 臭盖chòu gàito drivel (Tw)
• 臭货chòu huòlow-quality goods; scumbag; bitch
• 臭迹chòu jìscent (smell of person or animal used for tracking)
• 臭钱chòu qiándirty money
• 臭子儿chòu zǐ rdead bullet (one that does not fire); a bad move (in a game of chess)
• 臭屁虫chòu pì chóngstinkbug
• 臭架子chòu jià zistinking pretension; to give oneself airs and offend others; hateful arrogance
• 臭氧层chòu yǎng céngozone layer
• 臭不可闻chòu bù kě wén(idiom) to stink to high heaven; (fig.) (idiom) disgraceful; disgusting
• 臭名远扬chòu míng yuǎn yángstinking reputation; notorious far and wide
• 臭味相投chòu wèi xiāng tóuto share vile habits; partners in notoriety; birds of a feather
• 臭气冲天chòu qì chōng tiān(idiom) to stink to high heaven

Words containing 臭

• 恶臭è chòustink; stench; stinky; smelly; (fig.) disgusting; repugnant
• 口臭kǒu chòubad breath; halitosis
• 发臭fā chòusmelly; to smell bad
• 尸臭shī chòuodor of a dead body
• 汗臭hàn chòubody odor
• 腐臭fǔ chòurotten (smell); stinking; putrid
• 除臭chú chòuto deodorize
• 体臭tǐ chòu(unpleasant) body odor
• 除臭剂chú chòu jìdeodorant
• 乳臭未干rǔ xiù wèi gānlit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom); fig. immature and inexperienced…
• 出臭子儿chū chòu zǐ rto make a bad move (in a game of chess)
• 铜臭味tóng xiù wèiprofit-before-all-else mindset; money-grubbing
• 骂到臭头mà dào chòu tóuto chew sb out (Tw)
• 狐臭hú chòubody odor; bromhidrosis
• 腥臭xīng chòufishy and smelly
• 捧臭脚pěng chòu jiǎo(colloquial) to bootlick
• 如蝇逐臭rú yíng zhú chòulike flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful…
• 浊臭熏天zhuó chòu xūn tiānstinks to high heaven
• 腋臭yè chòubody odor; bromhidrosis; armpit odor
• 馊臭sōu chòureeking; putrid
• 嗳气腐臭ǎi qì fǔ chòuputrid belching (medical term)
• 滂臭pāng chòu(dialect) stinky; smelly
• 遗臭万年yí chòu wàn niánto have one's name go down in history as a byword for infamy (idiom)
• 三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè Zhū gě Liànglit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom

Characters that look like 臭

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

• 类lèikind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble…
• 毫háohair; drawing brush; (in the) least
• 晨chénmorning; dawn; daybreak
• 巢cháonest
• 奕yìabundant; graceful
• 奚xī(literary) what?; where?; why?

Sounds the same

Read chòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 殠variant of 臭