You stink.
发臭
smelly
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Meaning and common use
smelly
to smell bad
How 发臭 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 发臭 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Soft healers make stinking wounds.
The best fish smell when they are three days old.
Words that keep company with 发臭.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 发臭.
Directly before
- 伤口发臭1
- 就要发臭1
- 身上发臭1
- 会发臭1
Directly after
- 发臭了1
- 发臭的1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 发臭
What does 发臭 mean in Chinese?
发臭 (fāchòu) means smelly.
How do you pronounce 发臭?
发臭 is pronounced fāchòu.
Is 发臭 an HSK word?
发臭 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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