臭
Same in simplified and traditional Chinese
Meaning
CC-CEDICTchòu 臭
- stench
- smelly
- to smell (bad)
- repulsive
- loathsome
- terrible
- bad
- severely
- ruthlessly
- dud (ammunition)
xiù 臭
- sense of smell
- smell bad
In a sentence
2 examples虽然我喜欢大蒜,但因为很臭,所以很少吃。
I like garlic but, because of the smell, I rarely eat it.
Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.
这袋垃圾放了好几天,已经臭了。
This bag of garbage has been sitting for days and already stinks.
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