| 臭 | [ choù ] stench, smelly, to smell (bad), repulsive, loathsome, terrible, bad, severely, ruthlessly, dud (ammunition) |
| 臭 | [ xiù ] sense of smell, smell bad |
| 臭不可聞 | [ choù bù kě wén ] unbearable stink, fig. notorious |
| 臭名昭彰 | [ choù míng zhaō zhāng ] notorious for his misdeeds (idiom), infamous |
| 臭名昭著 | [ choù míng zhaō zhù ] notorious, infamous, egregious (bandits) |
| 臭名遠揚 | [ choù míng yuǎn yáng ] stinking reputation, notorious far and wide |
| 臭味 | [ choù weì ] bad smell, foul odor |
| 臭味相投 | [ choù weì xiāng toú ] to share vile habits, partners in notoriety, birds of a feather |
| 臭子兒 | [ choù zǐ ] dead bullet (one that does not fire), a bad move (in a game of chess) |
| 臭屁 | [ choù pì ] (coll.) self-important, puffed up |
| 臭屁蟲 | [ choù pì chóng ] stink bug |
| 臭彈 | [ choù dàn ] dead bomb (i.e. not exploding on impact) |
| 臭架子 | [ choù jià zi ] stinking pretension, to give oneself airs and offend others, hateful arrogance |
| 臭棋 | [ choù qí ] blunder (in chess) |
| 臭氣 | [ choù qì ] stench |
| 臭氣沖天 | [ choù qì chōng tiān ] to stink to high heaven (idiom) |
| 臭氣熏天 | [ choù qì xūn tiān ] overwhelming stench (idiom) |
| 臭氧 | [ choù yǎng ] ozone (O₃) |
| 臭氧層 | [ choù yǎng céng ] ozone layer |
| 臭烘烘 | [ choù hōng hōng ] stinking |
| 臭燻燻 | [ choù xūn xūn ] stinking |
| 臭皮囊 | [ choù pí náng ] this mortal flesh |
| 臭罵 | [ choù mà ] tongue-lashing, to chew out, CL:頓|顿[dun4] |
| 臭美 | [ choù meǐ ] to show off one's good looks shamelessly |
| 臭老九 | [ choù laǒ jiǔ ] stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution) |
| 臭臉 | [ choù liǎn ] sour face, scowling face, CL:張|张[zhang1],副[fu4] |
| 臭臭鍋 | [ choù choù guō ] hot pot containing stinky tofu and other ingredients (Taiwanese dish) |
| 臭蓋 | [ choù gaì ] to drivel (Tw) |
| 臭蟲 | [ choù chóng ] bedbug (Cimex lectularius), tick |
| 臭豆腐 | [ choù doù fu ] stinky tofu, strong-smelling preserved beancurd, fig. rough exterior but lovable person |
| 臭貨 | [ choù huò ] low-quality goods, scumbag, bitch |
| 臭跡 | [ choù jì ] scent (smell of person or animal used for tracking) |
| 臭錢 | [ choù qián ] dirty money |
| 臭鼬 | [ choù yoù ] skunk |
| ⇒ 三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮 | [ sān gè choù pí jiang shèng guò yī gè zhū gě liàng ] variant of 三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮|三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮[san1 ge4 chou4 pi2 jiang5 , sai4 guo4 yi1 ge4 Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] |
| ⇒ 三個臭皮匠，合成一個諸葛亮 | [ sān gè choù pí jiang hé chéng yī gè zhū gě liàng ] lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom |
| ⇒ 三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮 | [ sān gè choù pí jiang saì guò yī gè zhū gě liàng ] lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom, wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual |
| ⇒ 三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮 | [ sān gè choù pí jiang saì guò zhū gě liàng ] lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom, wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual |
| ⇒ 三個臭皮匠，頂個諸葛亮 | [ sān gè choù pí jiang dǐng gè zhū gě liàng ] lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom, wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual |
| ⇒ 乳臭未乾 | [ rǔ xiù weì gān ] smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced, still wet behind the ears |
| ⇒ 出臭子兒 | [ chū choù zǐ ] to make a bad move (in a game of chess) |
| ⇒ 口臭 | [ koǔ choù ] bad breath, halitosis |
| ⇒ 噯氣腐臭 | [ aì qì fǔ choù ] putrid belching (medical term) |
| ⇒ 如蠅逐臭 | [ rú yíng zhú choù ] like flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful, the crowd runs after trash |
| ⇒ 惡臭 | [ è choù ] stink, stench, to stink, to reek |
| ⇒ 捧臭腳 | [ pěng choù ] to hug stinky feet, (fig.) to bootlick |
| ⇒ 汗臭 | [ hàn choù ] body odor |
| ⇒ 濁臭熏天 | [ zhuó choù xūn tiān ] stinks to high heaven |
| ⇒ 狐臭 | [ hú choù ] body odor, bromhidrosis |
| ⇒ 發臭 | [ fā choù ] smelly, to smell bad |
| ⇒ 罵到臭頭 | [ mà daò choù toú ] to chew sb out (Tw) |
| ⇒ 胡臭 | [ hú choù ] variant of 狐臭[hu2 chou4] |
| ⇒ 腋臭 | [ yè choù ] body odor, bromhidrosis, armpit odor, underarm stink, also called 狐臭[hu2 chou4] |
| ⇒ 腐臭 | [ fǔ choù ] rotten (smell), stinking, putrid |
| ⇒ 臭臭鍋 | [ choù choù guō ] hot pot containing stinky tofu and other ingredients (Taiwanese dish) |
| ⇒ 遺臭萬年 | [ yí choù wàn nián ] to have one's name go down in history as a byword for infamy (idiom) |
| ⇒ 銅臭味 | [ tóng xiù weì ] profit-before-all-else mindset, money-grubbing |
| ⇒ 除臭 | [ chú choù ] to deodorize |
| ⇒ 除臭劑 | [ chú choù jì ] deodorant |
| ⇒ 餿臭 | [ soū choù ] reeking, putrid |
| ⇒ 體臭 | [ tǐ choù ] (unpleasant) body odor |
