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臭烘烘 (chòu hōng hōng) — (colloquial adjective) stinking, smelly (intensified, pervasive odor)

Definition

An emphatic adjective meaning 'stinking' — a stronger, more vivid form of 臭, often used in colloquial speech to describe a pervasive bad smell. Typically reduplicated and modified by 的.

verb
(colloquial adjective) stinkingsmelly (intensified, pervasive odor)

Examples

  • 臭烘烘，。
    Zhè ge fáng jiān chòu hōng hōng de, kuài kāi chuāng tòu tòu qì.
    This room stinks — open the window and let some air in.
  • ，臭烘烘。
    Lā jī duī zài tài yáng xià bào shài, zhěng gè xiàng zi dōu biàn de chòu hōng hōng de.
    The trash pile baked in the sun, making the whole alleyway stink.
  • ，臭烘烘。
    Tā yì shēn hàn wèi, zǒu jìn le jué de chòu hōng hōng de.
    He smelled of sweat all over, and when he got close, it felt really stinky.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

臭chòustink
烘烘
烘hōng烘hōng

臭 'stink' is made pervasive by 烘烘, giving a stench.

Characters in this word

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

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

Open 臭 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 烘 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 烘 →
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