臭

chòu = ch + ou4

stench / smelly / to smell (bad) / repulsive / loathsome / terrible / bad / severely / ruthlessly / dud (ammunition)

臭 = 犬 + 自 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) has not showered for days and is very stinky (臭). In the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) the Saint Bernard dog (犬) even holds a mirror (自) in front of him to let him see how filthy he looks.

xiù = xi + ou4

sense of smell / smell bad

臭 character breakdown

臭
- 犬
  - 丶
  - 大
    - 一
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
- 自
  - 丶
  - 目
    - 二
      - 一
    - 囗

quǎn = qu + an3

dog / Kangxi radical 94

犬 = 丶 + 大 : Cupid wants to play fetch with the Saint Bernard dog in the anthill and throws a petal leaf over his head, but the dog just continues sleeping. Much to Cupid's surprise though, a big robot happily leaps after the petal leaf.

犬 = 丶 + 大 : Looks like a Saint Bernard dog with only one eye.

zì = z + Ø4

self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

自 = 丶 + 目 : Mnemonic symbol: a hand mirror, which someone uses to look at themselves.

The Eye of Providence (目) is looking at itself (自) in a handheld mirror (自) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). It think it's indeed looking very good, since Zorro (z) attached a petal (丶) to its eye (目).

Characters with 臭 as component

xiù = xi + ou4

to smell / to sniff / to nose

嗅 = 口 + 臭 : Marie Curie (xi) is sniffing (嗅) at an old mandarin (口) she found in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) and finds it stinks (臭) terribly.

xiù = xi + ou4

bromine (chemistry)

qiǔ = qi + ou3

dry rations (for a journey) / (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking) / (coll.) embarrassing / embarrassment

qiǔ = qi + ou3

surname Qiu

chòu = ch + ou4

variant of 臭[chou4]

Words with 臭

bad breath / halitosis

lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears

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lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual

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lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual

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lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual

r

to make a bad move (in a game of chess)

putrid belching (medical term)

like flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful / the crowd runs after trash

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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[san1 ge4 chou4 pi2 jiang5 , sai4 guo4 yi1 ge4 Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]

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lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom

Sentences with 臭

臭 currently does not appear in any sentence.