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Radical 132 · 10 strokes

smelly

HSK 5 (2.0)HSK 5 (3.0)10 meanings#1610
MEANING10 meanings

MEANING

  1. adjective

    smelly

    有不好闻的气味yǒu búhǎo wén de qìwèi

    • This garment smells awful.

  2. adjective

    stench

    有难闻的气味yǒu nánwén de qìwèi

    • This piece of clothing smells terrible.

  3. verb

    to smell (bad)

    有不好闻的气味yǒu búhǎo wèn de qìwèi

    • This thing smells really bad.

  4. adjective

    repulsive

    气味坏,不好闻;讨厌qìwèi huài, búhǎo wèn; tǎoyàn

    • This smell is very foul.

  5. adjective

    loathsome

    气味不好闻;令人厌恶qìwèi búhǎo wén;lìng rén yànwù

    • This thing smells awful.

  6. adjective

    terrible

    气味不好;令人不愉快qìwèi búhǎo; lìngrén búyúkuài

    • This smell is really awful!

  7. adjective

    bad

    不好闻的;令人不快的búhǎo wènde; lìngrén búkuài de

    • This apple has started to go bad.

  8. adverb

    ruthlessly

    很坏;非常糟糕hěn huài;fēicháng zāogāo

    • He gave me a thorough scolding.

  9. adjective

    severely

    程度很深;非常坏chéngdù hěn shēn;fēicháng huài

    • This meat has gone a bit off.

  10. noun

    dud (ammunition)

    不能爆炸的炸弹或子弹bù néng bàozhà de zhàdàn huò zǐhuàn

    • This bullet is a dud.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A dog's nose is extremely keen, so the character means both 'smell' and 'stench'.

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