臭 in English

Measure word

• 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use

How it used to be written

• Oracle bone script 商
• Qin bamboo slips 秦
• See all 5 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• 你有口臭。

  You have foul breath.

• 我们把他称为“臭鼬人”。

  We call him "Skunk Man".

• 我刚打开锅盖，一股恶臭就扑鼻而来。

  I just opened the lid, and a foul smell filled my nose.

• 我昨晚差点踩到一只臭鼬。

  I almost stepped on a skunk last night.

• 我的法语很臭。

  My French is shitty.

• 最好的鱼三天就要发臭。

  The best fish smell when they are three days old.

• 汤姆闻起来臭极了。

  Tom smells awful.

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