Course Flashcards Sentences Texts Games
Tools
Hanzi
Characters & strokes
Dictionary
Search everything
LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online
LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online
Course Flashcards Sentences Texts Games
Hanzi
Characters & strokes
Dictionary
Search everything
Login Sign Up
Back to Dictionary
臊
sāo
1. smell of urine
Common • Top 7% ✏️ 17 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

臊
sāo
shy, bashful; rank, fetid; the smell of urine
17 丶

Compound Words (5)

害臊
hàisào
to be bashful
臊子
sàozi
(dialect) minced or diced meat (as part of a dish)
臊气
sāoqì
foul smell
臊腥
sāoxīng
stench
没羞没臊
méixiūméisào
shameless

Alternate Entries

臊
sào
shame / bashfulness / to shame / to humiliate

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
4,388
Word Frequency Rank
5,510 of 84,292

LearnChinese.ai

Master Mandarin

Site

About Blog Accounts & Social Contact HSK 2.0 vs 3.0

Legal

Privacy Policy Terms of Service

Support

❤️ Donate

© 2026 LearnChinese.ai. All rights reserved.