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Chinese dictionary
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adj.(as opposed to "fragrant") stinky; smelly
下面太臭了，我得出去才行。
It's so smelly down here. I must get out.
鱼臭了。
The fish has gone bad.
谷仓又臭又脏。
The barn was smelly and dirty.
antonym
- 2
adj.disgusting; detestable; odious
他臭名远扬。
He is notorious.
他总爱摆臭架子。
He always likes to put on airs.
拿开你的臭手，不要碰我的车！
Get your bleeding hands off my car!
- 3
adv.infmlseverely; mercilessly; harshly; relentlessly
臭骂
give somebody a good dressing down
挨了一顿臭打
get a good beating
- 4
adj.infmlinferior; (of skills, etc.) poor; bad; lousy
那一招真臭！
What a lousy move!
臭棋
bad move
- 5
adj.dial(of a bullet) ineffective; (of bullets) fail to go off
Words and phrases with 臭
- 臭老九[word]intellectuals, who are dubbed as the stinking ninth, a category of undesirable people during the "cultural revolution" along with landlords, rich farmers, counter-revolutionaries, bad elements, rightists, traitors, spies and capitalist-roaders
- 臭氧[word]ozone
- 臭氧屏[word]ozone shield
- 臭烘烘[word]foul-smelling
- 臭汗[word]bromhidrosis
- 臭棋[word]stupid move
- 臭乎乎[word]a bit off
- 臭猫[word]polecat
- 臭氧化[word]ozonization
- 臭名昭著[idiom]notorious
- 臭名远扬[idiom]create a scandal far and wide
- 臭不可闻[idiom]give off an unbearable stink; be notorious
- 臭味相投[idiom]be tarred with the same brush
- 臭不可当[idiom]give off an unbearable stink
Word usage
- NoteWhen pronounced "xiù", "臭" means "smell" and is now generally written as "嗅", and means "scent; odour", such as "铜臭熏天". "臭(chòu)" in the word "香臭(chòu)" is derived from the meaning of "scent".