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臭
xiù
1. sense of smell
2. smell bad
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

臭
chòu
to reek, to smell, to stink
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (1)

乳臭未干
rǔxiùwèigān
smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced

Alternate Entries

臭
chòu
stench / smelly / to smell (bad) / repulsive / loathsome / terrible / bad / severely / ruthlessly / dud (ammunition)
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,104
Word Frequency Rank
1,218 of 84,292