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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
臭鼬
skunk
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
skunk
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 臭鼬 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 臭鼬 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I almost stepped on a skunk last night.
We call him "Skunk Man".
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 臭鼬.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 臭鼬.
Directly before
- 一只臭鼬2
- 过臭鼬1
Directly after
- 臭鼬人1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
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.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 臭鼬
What does 臭鼬 mean in Chinese?
臭鼬 (chòuyòu) means skunk.
How do you pronounce 臭鼬?
臭鼬 is pronounced chòuyòu.
Is 臭鼬 an HSK word?
臭鼬 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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