Usage of the character 臭
chòu
臭
[臭]
- stench
- smelly
- to smell (bad)
- repulsive
- loathsome
- terrible
- bad
- severely
- ruthlessly
- dud (ammunition)
xiù
臭
[臭]
- sense of smell
- smell bad
sōuchòu
馊臭
[餿臭]
- reeking
- putrid
chòuchóng
臭虫
[臭蟲]
- bedbug (Cimex lectularius)
- tick
fǔchòu
腐臭
[腐臭]
- rotten (smell)
- stinking
- putrid
húchòu
胡臭
[胡臭]
- variant of 狐臭 (húchòu)
èchòu
恶臭
[惡臭]
- stink
- stench
- to stink
- to reek
húchòu
狐臭
[狐臭]
- body odor
- bromhidrosis
chúchòu
除臭
[除臭]
- to deodorize
fāchòu
发臭
[發臭]
- smelly
- to smell bad
chòudàn
臭弹
[臭彈]
- dead bomb (i.e. not exploding on impact)
chòuliǎn
臭脸
[臭臉]
- sour face
- scowling face
- CL:張／张 (zhāng),副 (fù)
chòumà
臭骂
[臭罵]
- tongue-lashing
- to chew out
- CL:頓／顿 (dùn)
chòuqí
臭棋
[臭棋]
- blunder (in chess)
chòuqì
臭气
[臭氣]
- stench
chòuyǎng
臭氧
[臭氧]
- ozone (O₃)
chòuhuò
臭货
[臭貨]
- low-quality goods
- scumbag
- bitch
chòuwèi
臭味
[臭味]
- bad smell; foul odor
chòuqián
臭钱
[臭錢]
- dirty money
chòujì
臭迹
[臭跡]
- scent (smell of person or animal used for tracking)
chòuyòu
臭鼬
[臭鼬]
- skunk
hànchòu
汗臭
[汗臭]
- body odor
kǒuchòu
口臭
[口臭]
- bad breath
- halitosis
chòufěn
臭粉
[臭粉]
- baking ammonia (ammonium bicarbonate)
chòupì
臭屁
[臭屁]
- (coll.) self-important
- puffed up
chòugài
臭盖
[臭蓋]
- to drivel (Tw)
tǐchòu
体臭
[體臭]
- (unpleasant) body odor
yèchòu
腋臭
[腋臭]
- body odor
- bromhidrosis
- armpit odor
- underarm stink
- also called 狐臭 (húchòu)
chòuměi
臭美
[臭美]
- to show off one's good looks shamelessly
tóngxiùwèi
铜臭味
[銅臭味]
- profit-before-all-else mindset
- money-grubbing
chòuyǎngcéng
臭氧层
[臭氧層]
- ozone layer
pěngchòujiǎo
捧臭脚
[捧臭腳]
- (coll.) to bootlick
chòuzǐr
臭子儿
[臭子兒]
- dead bullet (one that does not fire)
- a bad move (in a game of chess)
chòujiàzi
臭架子
[臭架子]
- stinking pretension
- to give oneself airs and offend others
- hateful arrogance
chòulǎojiǔ
臭老九
[臭老九]
- stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution)
chòupìchóng
臭屁虫
[臭屁蟲]
- stinkbug
chòuhōnghōng
臭烘烘
[臭烘烘]
- stinking
chúchòujì
除臭剂
[除臭劑]
- deodorant
chòuchòuguō
臭臭锅
[臭臭鍋]
- hot pot containing stinky tofu and other ingredients (Taiwanese dish)
chòupínáng
臭皮囊
[臭皮囊]
- this mortal flesh
chòudòufu
臭豆腐
[臭豆腐]
- stinky tofu
- strong-smelling preserved beancurd
- fig. rough exterior but lovable person
chòuxūnxūn
臭熏熏
[臭燻燻]
- stinking
chòuwèixiāngtóu
臭味相投
[臭味相投]
- to share vile habits
- partners in notoriety
- birds of a feather
zhuóchòuxūntiān
浊臭熏天
[濁臭熏天]
- stinks to high heaven
rúyíngzhúchòu
如蝇逐臭
[如蠅逐臭]
- like flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful
- the crowd runs after trash
màdàochòutóu
骂到臭头
[罵到臭頭]
- to chew sb out (Tw)
chūchòuzǐr
出臭子儿
[出臭子兒]
- to make a bad move (in a game of chess)
chòubùkěwén
臭不可闻
[臭不可聞]
- to stink to high heaven
- (fig.) disgraceful; disgusting
ǎiqìfǔchòu
嗳气腐臭
[噯氣腐臭]
- putrid belching (medical term)
chòumíngzhāozhāng
臭名昭彰
[臭名昭彰]
- notorious for his misdeeds (idiom)
- infamous
yíchòuwànnián
遗臭万年
[遺臭萬年]
- to have one's name go down in history as a byword for infamy (idiom)
chòuqìxūntiān
臭气熏天
[臭氣熏天]
- overwhelming stench (idiom)
chòuqìchōngtiān
臭气冲天
[臭氣沖天]
- (idiom) to stink to high heaven
rǔxiùwèigān
乳臭未干
[乳臭未乾]
- lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom)
- fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears
chòumíngzhāozhù
臭名昭著
[臭名昭著]
- notorious
- infamous
- egregious (bandits)
chòumíngyuǎnyáng
臭名远扬
[臭名遠揚]
- stinking reputation
- notorious far and wide
sāngèchòupíjiang,sàiguò Zhūgě Liàng
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮
[三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮]
- lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
- wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
sāngèchòupíjiang,dǐnggè Zhūgě Liàng
三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮
[三個臭皮匠，頂個諸葛亮]
- lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
- wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
sāngèchòupíjiang,héchéngyīgè Zhūgě Liàng
三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮
[三個臭皮匠，合成一個諸葛亮]
- lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
sāngèchòupíjiang,sàiguòyīgè Zhūgě Liàng
三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮
[三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮]
- lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
- wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
sāngèchòupíjiang,shèngguòyīgè Zhūgě Liàng
三个臭皮匠，胜过一个诸葛亮
[三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮]
- variant of 三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮／三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮 (sāngèchòupíjiang,sàiguòyīgè Zhūgě Liàng)