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xiù

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xiù Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiù | xiu4
English translation
to smell
to sniff
to nose
to sniff, to smell, to scent

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About xiù

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

xiù

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

To taste  kǒu  an odor  chòu chòu also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of xiù

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

口臭 kǒu chòu

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Example sentences using xiù

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gǒu xiù Wén 狐狸 hú li 经过 jīngguò de 地方 dìfāng .

The dog snuffed at the track of the fox.

diǎo yǒu 敏锐 mǐnruì de 视力 shìlì , ér gǒu yǒu 灵敏 língmǐn de 嗅觉 xiùjué .

Birds have sharp eyes and dogs have sharp noses.

gǒu huì kào 嗅觉 xiùjué ér 找到 zhǎo dào zéi .

The dog will smell out a thief.

rén de 嗅觉 xiùjué 提供 tígōng de 信息 xìnxī yuǎn 不如 bùrú 视觉 shì jué .

Man's sense of smell is much less informative than his sight.

māo xiù zhāo 玩具 wánjù 老鼠 lǎoshǔ .

The cat nosed at the toy mouse.

Words with xiù

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xiù to smell xiù
嗅觉 xiùjué sense of smell嗅覺
嗅球 xiù qiú olfactory bulb (anatomy)嗅球 xiù qiú

xiù Decomposition & Compounds

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xiù Decomposition

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