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臭
chòu
to reek, to smell, to stink
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The smell 自 of a dirty dog 犬
HSK 5
10 strokes
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⿱自犬
i
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zì
自
self; private, personal; from
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A nose; in China, people refer to themselves by pointing to their noses
6 strokes
HSK 3
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Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
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Words Using 臭 (49)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
臭
↗
xiù
sense of smell / smell bad
5
xiù
臭
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HSK 5
sense of smell / smell bad
臭
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chòu
stench / smelly / to smell (bad) / repulsive / loathsome / terrible / bad / severely / ruthlessly / dud (ammunition)
5
chòu
臭
↗
HSK 5
stench / smelly / to smell (bad) / repulsive / loathsome / terrible / bad / severely / ruthlessly / dud (ammunition)
臭味
↗
chòuwèi
stink / fumes
chòuwèi
臭味
↗
stink / fumes
臭虫
↗
chòuchóng
bedbug (Cimex lectularius) / tick
chòuchóng
臭虫
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bedbug (Cimex lectularius) / tick
臭氧
↗
chòuyǎng
ozone (O3)
chòuyǎng
臭氧
↗
ozone (O3)
口臭
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kǒuchòu
bad breath / halitosis
kǒuchòu
口臭
↗
bad breath / halitosis
臭美
↗
chòuměi
to show off one's good looks shamelessly
chòuměi
臭美
↗
to show off one's good looks shamelessly
腐臭
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fǔchòu
rotten (smell) / stinking / putrid
fǔchòu
腐臭
↗
rotten (smell) / stinking / putrid
臭老九
↗
chòulǎojiǔ
stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution)
chòulǎojiǔ
臭老九
↗
stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution)
狐臭
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húchòu
body odor / bromhidrosis
húchòu
狐臭
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body odor / bromhidrosis