臭
chòuxiù HSK5

smell

臭 chòu frequency
smelly particle
having a foul or unpleasant odor; to smell bad

垃圾桶里的东西都变臭了。

lā​jī tǒng lǐ de dōng​xi dōu biàn chòu le.

The contents of the trash can have gone bad and started to stink.

dud adjective
referring to ammunition or explosives that fail to fire or explode

那是一颗臭子儿，没有打响。

nà shì yī kē chòu zǐ'ér, méi​yǒu dǎ​xiǎng.

That was a dud; it didn't go off.

loathsome adjective
disgusting, repulsive, or having a bad reputation

他的名声已经在这一带臭了。

tā de míng​shēng yǐ​jīng zài zhè yī​dài chòu le.

His reputation has been ruined in this area.

severely verb
ruthlessly or thoroughly, especially regarding verbal scolding or physical beating

他把那个迟到的人臭骂了一顿。

tā bǎ nà gè chí​dào de rén chòu mà le yī dùn.

He gave the person who was late a severe scolding.

terrible adjective
of poor quality or low skill level; bad

我下棋的技术很臭。

wǒ xià​qí de jì​shù hěn chòu.

I'm terrible at chess.

臭 xiù
smell adjective
the faculty or sense of perceiving odors

这个项目正在无声无臭地进行着。

zhè​gè xiàng​mù zhèng​zài wú​shēng wú xiù de jìn​xíng zhe.

This project is proceeding quietly and without any fanfare.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,105th most common 31.9 per million
Movie subtitles
1,181st most common 73.6 per million appears in 29% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
74.5 per million appears in 22% of films
Written text
24.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+81ED

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)