"to sniff" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
xiù to smell / to sniff / to nose syn
嗅探 xiù tàn to sniff (in order to find sth)
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
闻到 聞到 wén dào to smell / to sniff sth out / to perceive by smelling syn
侦破 偵破 zhēn pò to investigate (as detective) / to solve (crime) / to uncover (a plot) / to sniff out / to break in and analyze / detective work / to scout syn
wén to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at syn
闻出 聞出 wén chū to identify by smell / to detect a scent / to sniff out
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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