臭 (cau3 | chou4 xiu4 ) : stinking; disgusting

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臭

cau3

chou4 xiu4

[粵] cau3 [國] chou4
[1] stinking; smelly; foul
[2] disgusting; notorious; odious
[3] severely; mercilessly; unrelentingly

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

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 自 (#132)

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

臭

This word has been viewed 18991 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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屙臭臭 o1 cau3 cau3 e1 chou4 chou4 = poop, defecate, take a dump 粵

口臭 hau2 cau3 kou3 chou4 = halitosis; bad breath

臭丸 cau3 jyun4*2 = camphor ball

臭豆腐 cau3 dau6 fu6 = fermented bean curd (lit., "smelly tofu")

臭狐 cau3 wu4 = smelly/stinky armpit

臭口 cau3 hau2 = bad/smelly breath

樟腦臭丸 zoeng1 nou5 cau3 jyun4*2 = camphor balls, moth balls

臭崩崩 cau3 bang1 bang1 = stinky, smelly 粵

臭氧 cau3 joeng5 chou4 yang3 = ozone

惡臭 ok3 cau3 = stench
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佢啲臭脾氣都幾惡頂粵
His bad temper is quite hard to take.

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Decimal representation of this word: 臭
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