Chinese Word: 臊 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

臊Polyphone (多音字)

Total strokes: 17; Radical: 肉

Pictophonetic:喿 indicates the sound; ⺼ (flesh) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- ⺼ meat, flesh; organic compound
- 喿 [ zào ] the sound of birds chirping

Similar Characters: 躁

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Pinyin: sāo

English Definition:smell of urine

Chinese Definition:
①像尿或狐狸的气味：臊气。腥臊。狐臊。

Example Words:

	臊气	sāo qì	foul smell; stench; smell of urine
	臊腥	sāo xīng	stench; stink

Pinyin: sào

English Definition:shame; bashfulness; to shame; to humiliate

Chinese Definition:
①(臊气)倒霉(臊子)方言，肉末或肉丁，如“羊肉臊臊面”。
②害羞：害臊。羞臊。“气”读轻声)。

Example Words:

害臊	hài sào	to be bashful; to feel ashamed
臊子	sào zi	(dialect) minced or diced meat (as part of a dish)
没羞没臊	méi xiū méi sào	shameless
好不害臊	hǎo bù hài sào	for shame (idiom)
臊眉搭眼	sào méi dā yǎn	to be coquettish or flirtatious (idiom)

1		“ shào 少 lái 来， cún xīn 存心 sào 臊 wǒ 我 ne 呢。 ” wǒ 我 shuō 说。 "Oh, stop it, " I said. "You'll embarrass me. "
2		wū lǐ 屋里 yǒu 有 yī gǔ 一股 pū bí 扑鼻 de 的 niào 尿 sāo 臊 wèi 味。 The smell of urine hangs in the air.
3		zhè 这 wū zi 屋子 lǐ 里 dào chù 到处 yǒu 有 yī gǔ 一股 niào 尿 de 的 sào 臊 wèi 味。 The house was full of the rank smell of urine.
4		jié 洁 huí 回 xiě 写 zhǐ tiáo 纸条 shí 时， què 却 wén dào 闻到 yī gǔ 一股 niào 尿 sào 臊 wèi 味。 Jie can smell the emiction when she write the scrip.
5		wǒ 我 sāo 臊 méi 眉 dā 耷 yǎn 眼 de 的 zǒu 走 le 了， zhèng rú 正如 wǒ 我 jǐ méi nòng yǎn 挤眉弄眼 de 地 lái 来。 Da eyebrow eye of SAO walk, as I make faces.

1		“ shào 少 lái 来， cún xīn 存心 sào 臊 wǒ 我 ne 呢。 ” wǒ 我 shuō 说。 "Oh, stop it, " I said. "You'll embarrass me. "
2		wū lǐ 屋里 yǒu 有 yī gǔ 一股 pū bí 扑鼻 de 的 niào 尿 sāo 臊 wèi 味。 The smell of urine hangs in the air.
3		zhè 这 wū zi 屋子 lǐ 里 dào chù 到处 yǒu 有 yī gǔ 一股 niào 尿 de 的 sào 臊 wèi 味。 The house was full of the rank smell of urine.
4		jié 洁 huí 回 xiě 写 zhǐ tiáo 纸条 shí 时， què 却 wén dào 闻到 yī gǔ 一股 niào 尿 sào 臊 wèi 味。 Jie can smell the emiction when she write the scrip.
5		wǒ 我 sāo 臊 méi 眉 dā 耷 yǎn 眼 de 的 zǒu 走 le 了， zhèng rú 正如 wǒ 我 jǐ méi nòng yǎn 挤眉弄眼 de 地 lái 来。 Da eyebrow eye of SAO walk, as I make faces.