口臭 (kǒu chòu) — bad breath; halitosis | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

bad breathhalitosis

Examples

口臭。
Tā yīn wèi kǒu chòu qù le yī yuàn.
He went to the hospital because of bad breath.
口臭。
Měi tiān shuā yá kě yǐ fáng zhǐ kǒu chòu.
Brushing your teeth every day can prevent bad breath.
口臭。
Zhè zhǒng yào duì zhì liáo kǒu chòu hěn yǒu xiào.
This medicine is very effective in treating halitosis.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

The 口 (mouth) is 臭 (stinking), giving bad breath.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 口 looks like an open mouth.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

犬自臭

犬犬quǎndog
自自zìnose

臭 combines 自 (nose) and 犬 (dog), referring to a dog's strong sense of smell; it originally meant 'to smell'.

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