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  cau3   jyutping
  chou4 xiu4   pinyin
[] cau3 [] chou4
[1] stinking; smelly; foul
[2] disgusting; notorious; odious
[3] severely; mercilessly; unrelentingly

[] cau3 [] xiu4
[1] [n] smell; scent; odour
[2] [v] variant of


Default PoS: adjective Additional PoS: nounverbadverb
Stroke count: 10
Level: 2
Radical: (#132)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 15549 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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detail  o1 cau3 cau3  e1 chou4 chou4 = poop, defecate, take a dump
detail  hau2 cau3  kou3 chou4 = halitosis; bad breath
detail  cau3 jyun4*2   = camphor ball
detail  cau3 dau6 fu6   = fermented bean curd (lit., "smelly tofu")
detail  cau3 wu4   = smelly/stinky armpit
detail  cau3 hau2   = bad/smelly breath
detail  zoeng1 nou5 cau3 jyun4*2   = camphor balls, moth balls
detail  cau3 bang1 bang1   = stinky, smelly
detail  cau3 joeng5  chou4 yang3 = ozone
detail  ok3 cau3   = stench
detail ,  saam1 go3 cau3 pei4 zoeng6 sing3 gwo3 jat1 go3 zyu1 got3 loeng6   = two heads are better than one
detail  cau3 baat3   = a nasty person (lit., "smelly bastard")
detail  cau3 baat3 gung1   = a nasty gossip (of a male, lit., "smelly bastard")
detail  cau3 hang1 hang1   = smelly; stinking
detail  cau3 seng1   = rank, strong smelling
detail  seng1 cau3   = rank, strong smelling
detail  cau3 seoi2   = carbolic acid (lit., "smelly water")
detail  cau3 si2 mat6 kam2   = keep smelly things secretly covered (keep scandals out of the public eye)
detail  hau2 cau3 zai2   = sb who has a habit of causing trouble with what he says
detail  wai4 cau3 maan6 nin4  yi2 chou4 wan4 nian2 = to be remembered with a bad reputation
detail  sou2 cau3  shu4 chou4 = to list someone's faults directly to their face; to scold
detail  cau3 joeng5 cang4   = ozone layer
detail  cau3 cung4   = bedbugs
detail  cau3 jau6  chou4 you4 = a skunk
detail  cau3 sei3   = a stupid useless person (lit., "smelly four")
detail  cau3 cou2   = common rue herb (Herba Rutae)
detail 宿  syun1 suk1 laan6 cau3   = describes an ill-smelling sour stench
detail  haam4 cau3   = smelly from perspiration odor (e.g., from unwashed clothes)
detail  cau3 pei3 cou3   = chou pi vinegar (lit., "smelly fart vinegar")
detail  cau3 jyu5   = foul language
detail  ngo6 sei2 lou5 po4 fan1 cau3 uk1  e4 si3 lao3 po2 xun1 chou4 wu1 = be unable to earn enough money to get married or sustain a wife when married
detail  cau3 mei6 seong1 tau4  chou4 wei4 xiang1 tou2 = be two of a kind; peas in a pod; have similar likes and dislikes with sb.
detail  cau3 hei3 fan1 tin1  chou4 qi4 xun1 tian1 = extremly stinky; of a stench to fill the air
detail  cau3 ming4 jyun5 jeong4  chou4 ming2 yuan3 yang2 = notorious; infamous; ill-famed; have one's ill reputation spread all over
detail  cau3 ming4 ciu1 zyu3  chou4 ming2 zhao1 zhu4 = notorious; infamous; ill-famed; be of ill repute
detail  cau3 naam4 jan4  chou4 nan2 ren2 = bad guy, bad man
detail  cau3 jau4 jik1  chou4 you2 yi4 = a rancid smell (of greasy food)
detail  pik1 cau3  pi4 chou4 = eliminate odor
detail  jyu5 cau3 mei6 gon1  ru3 xiu4 wei4 gan1 = wet behind the ears
detail  jyun1 bang1 laan6 cau3   = variant of 葾崩爛臭
detail ,  hoeng2 pei3 bat1 cau3 cau3 pei3 bat1 hoeng2  xiang3 pi4 bu4 chou4 chou4 pi4 bu4 xiang3 = loud farts don't smell, the really smelly ones are deadly silent
detail  cau3 ming4 ciu1 zoeng1  chou4 ming2 zhao1 zhang1 = be notorious
detail  zuk6 cau3 zi1 fu1  zhu2 chou4 zhi1 fu1 = eccentric person
detail  jyun1 bang1 laan6 cau3   = extremely stinky

Showing 1 example containing 臭
detail 脾氣惡頂
His bad temper is quite hard to take.

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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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