臭
chòu
smelly; stinking
Every meaning
chòu
- smelly; stinking
- disgusting; shameful
- (coll.) terrible; lousy (at sth); nasty (temper)
- (coll.) lousy; bad
- (coll.) harshly; severely (as in scolding)
xiù
- smell; odor
- variant of 嗅
Meanings are from Mandarin The Wild’s own dictionary. Levels follow the official HSK word list (the exam’s 2025 syllabus, levels 7–9 shown together).