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臭

chòu · chou/xiù · xiu

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chòu 臭

  1. stench
  2. smelly
  3. to smell (bad)
  4. repulsive
  5. loathsome
  6. terrible
  7. bad
  8. severely
  9. ruthlessly
  10. dud (ammunition)

xiù 臭

  1. sense of smell
  2. smell bad
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Stinky tofu

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)闻到(wéndào)了(le)吗(ma)？好(hǎo)臭(chòu)！

    Do you smell that? So stinky!

  2. Dengdeng

    是(shì)臭豆腐(chòudòufu)。

    It is stinky tofu.

  3. Liangliang

    这么(zhème)臭(chòu)，谁(shéi)要(yào)吃(chī)啊(a)？

    It is so smelly, who wants to eat it?

  4. Dengdeng

    闻着(wénzhe)臭(chòu)，吃着(chīzhe)香(xiāng)，你(nǐ)试试(shìshì)。

    It smells bad but tastes good, try it.

  5. Liangliang

    嗯(ěn)？真的(zhēnde)很(hěn)香(xiāng)！

    Hm? It really is tasty!

  6. Dengdeng

    对吧(duìba)？可是(kěshì)你(nǐ)的(de)衣服(yīfu)现在(xiànzài)也(yě)很(hěn)臭(chòu)了(le)。

    Right? But your clothes are smelly now too.

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01

虽(suī)然(rán)我(wǒ)喜(xǐ)欢(huan)大(dà)蒜(suàn)，但(dàn)因(yīn)为(wèi)很(hěn)臭(chòu)，所(suǒ)以(yǐ)很(hěn)少(shǎo)吃(chī)。

I like garlic but, because of the smell, I rarely eat it.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)袋(dài)垃(lā)圾(jī)放(fàng)了(le)好(hǎo)几(jǐ)天(tiān)，已(yǐ)经(jīng)臭(chòu)了(le)。

This bag of garbage has been sitting for days and already stinks.

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