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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 臭味

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
臭味 chòu wèi - bad smell; foul odor

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 8,436 20,144 16,599

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chòu- stench
- smelly
- to smell (bad)
- repulsive
- loathsome
- terrible
- bad
- severely
- ruthlessly
- dud (ammunition)
xiù- sense of smell
- smell bad
wèi- taste
- smell
- (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
- quality
- sense
- (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription

Other Words Containing 臭味

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
臭味 - - 8,436 20,144 16,599