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馊

sōu

Character Traditional 餿

What 馊 means

1. rancid
2. soured (as food)

Example sentences

• 牛奶馊了。
  Niúnǎi sōu le.
  The milk is sour.
• 亏你想到这种馊主意！
  Kuī nǐ xiǎngdào zhèzhǒng sōuzhǔyi!
  Of all the silly ideas!

Words starting with 馊

• 馊臭sōu chòureeking; putrid
• 馊主意sōu zhǔ yibad idea; stupid suggestion

Characters built on 叟

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

• 搜sōuto search; variant of 搜
• 艘sōuclassifier for ships; Taiwan pr. sāo
• 瘦shòuthin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight
• 嗖sōu(onomatopoeia) whooshing; swishing; rustle of skirts
• 飕sōuto blow (as of wind); sound of wind; sough
• 锼sōuto engrave (metal of wood)
• 螋sōuused in 蠼螋
• 溲sōuto urinate

Characters that look like 馊

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

• 馆guǎnbuilding; shop; term for certain service establishments
• 键jiànkey (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond
• 惊jīngto startle; to be frightened; to be scared
• 馈kuì(literary) to make an offering to the gods; variant of 馈
• 铰jiǎoscissors; to cut (with scissors)
• 锗zhěgermanium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read sōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 搜to search; variant of 搜
• 艘classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. sāo
• 嗖(onomatopoeia) whooshing; swishing; rustle of skirts
• 飕to blow (as of wind); sound of wind; sough
• 蒐(literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia); (literary) to hunt during spring
• 獀dog (dial.); to hunt
• 锼to engrave (metal of wood)
• 螋used in 蠼螋
• 溲to urinate
• 廋to search; be concealed
• 鄋see 鄋瞒
• 廀old variant of 廋