Definition
腥 (xīng) specifically describes the fishy or raw-meat smell/taste of seafood, blood, or uncooked animal products. Unlike 臭 (chòu), which means a general stinky or rotten odor, 腥 is a distinct, fresh-off-the-animal scent. 蹊跷 (qī qiao) is unrelated — it means 'suspicious, odd' in a figurative sense.
adjective
fishy (smell or taste)
Easily confused
- 醒xǐnglook-aliketo wake up; to be awake
- 行xíngsound-alike(verb) to walk; to go
- 胜shènglook-aliketo win; to defeat
- 性xìngsound-alike(suffix) forms abstract nouns from adjectives or verbs, indicating a quality, property, or state
- 姓xìngsound-alike(noun) surname, family name
Examples
- ，。Zhè ròu yǒu xīng wèi, bié chī le.This meat has a fishy smell; don't eat it.
- 腥，。Zhè yú hěn xīng, wǒ bù xiǎng chī.This fish is very fishy; I don't want to eat it.
- 。Wǒ bù xǐhuan xīng wèi.I don't like the fishy smell.
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