臭

chòu · chou/xiù · xiu

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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chòu 臭

  1. stench
  2. smelly
  3. to smell (bad)
  4. repulsive
  5. loathsome
  6. terrible
  7. bad
  8. severely
  9. ruthlessly
  10. dud (ammunition)

xiù 臭

  1. sense of smell
  2. smell bad

In a sentence

2 examples
01

虽(suī)然(rán)我(wǒ)喜(xǐ)欢(huan)大(dà)蒜(suàn),但(dàn)因(yīn)为(wèi)很(hěn)臭(chòu),所(suǒ)以(yǐ)很(hěn)少(shǎo)吃(chī)。

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.

02

这(zhè)袋(dài)垃(lā)圾(jī)放(fàng)了(le)好(hǎo)几(jǐ)天(tiān),已(yǐ)经(jīng)臭(chòu)了(le)。

This bag of garbage has been sitting for days and already stinks.

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