臭 chòu
chòu
verb
to smell; to stink; to emit a foul odor
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Smell
Notes: (Unihan '臭')
Contained in
- 臭臭锅(臭臭鍋) hot pot containing stinky tofu and other ingredients (Taiwanese dish)
- 臭钱(臭錢) dirty money
- 馊臭(餿臭) reeking; putrid
- 三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮(三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮) three ignorant cobblers surpass a genius
- 臭味相投 to share vile habits; partners in notoriety; birds of a feather
- 臭弹(臭彈) dead bomb (i.e. not exploding on impact)
- 臭名远扬(臭名遠揚) notorious far and wide
- 臭货(臭貨) low-quality goods; scumbag; bitch
- 遗臭万年(遺臭萬年) to have one's name go down in history as a byword for infamy
- 腥臭 smelly; fishy; stinky
- 三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮(三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮) three ignorant cobblers surpass a genius
- 骂到臭头(罵到臭頭) to chew somebody out
- 嗳气腐臭(噯氣腐臭) putrid belching
- 臭气(臭氣) a stench
- 臭子儿(臭子兒) dead bullet (one that does not fire); a bad move (in a game of chess)
- 臭气冲天(臭氣沖天) to stink to high heaven
- 臭氧 ozone (O₃)
- 汗臭 body odor
- 三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮(三個臭皮匠，合成一個諸葛亮) three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius
- 臭氧层(臭氧層) ozone layer
- 浊臭熏天(濁臭熏天) stinks to high heaven
- 发臭(發臭) to smell bad
- 除臭剂(除臭劑) deodorant
- 臭脸(臭臉) sour face; scowling face
- 三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮(三個臭皮匠，頂個諸葛亮) three ignorant cobblers surpass a genius
- 臭豆腐 stinky tofu; strong-smelling preserved beancurd
- 臭皮囊 this mortal flesh ; anus
- 臭名 a notorious reputation
- 铜臭(銅臭) the stink of money
- 臭屁 self-important; puffed up
- 臭味 a bad smell; stink; fumes
- 臭虫(臭蟲) bedbug ; tick
- 如蝇逐臭(如蠅逐臭) like flies pursuing a stink; the mob chases the rich and powerful; the crowd runs after trash
- 臭老九 stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution)
- 狐臭 body odor; bromhidrosis
- 臭骂(臭罵) to scold
- 体臭(體臭) (unpleasant) body odor
- 臭气熏天(臭氣熏天) overwhelming stench
- 出臭子儿(出臭子兒) to make a bad move (in a game of chess)
- 臭美 to show off one's good looks shamelessly
- 臭不可闻(臭不可聞) unbearable stink; fig. notorious
- 恶臭(惡臭) stink
- 臭盖(臭蓋) to drivel
- 腐臭 rotten (smell); stinking; putrid
- 臭鼬 skunk
- 臭屁虫(臭屁蟲) stink bug
- 乳臭 to smell like mother's milk; inexperienced
- 三个臭皮匠，胜过一个诸葛亮(三個臭皮匠，勝過諸葛亮) three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius ; three ignorant cobblers surpass a genius
- 臭名昭著 notorious; infamous; egregious
- 臭名昭彰 notorious for his misdeeds ; infamous
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Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 13
- 卷五 時則訓 Chapter 5: Seasonal Standards Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 12
- 卷二十三 志第三: 禮儀三 Volume 23 Treatises 3: Rites 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 6
- 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 6
- 第二回 Chapter 56 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
- 《中庸章句》 Commentary on Doctrine of the Mean Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 4
- 卷十九 魏書十九 任城陳蕭王傳 Volume 19: Book of Wei 19 - Biographies of the princes of Rencheng, Chen, and Xiao Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 4
- 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 卷七十二 志第二十三: 祭祀一 Volume 72 Treatises 25: Offerings 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 4
- 卷八十四 列女傳 Volume 84: Biographies of Exemplary Women Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 3
Collocations
- 臭腐 (臭腐) 其臭腐 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷五 時則訓 Chapter 5: Seasonal Standards — count: 11
- 臭秽 (臭穢) 夫不有臭穢 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十六 陳王列傳 Volume 66: Biographies of Chen, Wang — count: 8
- 臭腥 (臭腥) 其臭腥 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 8
- 臭闻 (臭聞) 臭聞數里 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十七下 外戚傳 Volume 97a: The Empresses and Imperial Affines 2 — count: 7
- 气臭 (氣臭) 至敬不饗味而貴氣臭也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 6
- 臭恶 (臭惡) 臭惡 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 10. 《鄉黨》 Xiang Dang — count: 6
- 五臭 (五臭) 五臭生之 — Guanzi 管子, 地員第五十八 Chapter 58: Land Officials — count: 6
- 臭盐 (臭鹽) 臭鹽 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷四十六 列傳第六 趙倫之 Volume 46 Biographies 6: Zhao Lunzhi — count: 5
- 酒臭 (酒臭) 入幄中而聞酒臭 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八 人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 5
- 臭焦 (臭焦) 其臭焦 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 5