STINK    臭臭

ODOUR which HUMANS TEND to HATE.
REEKSMELL (FOUL/BAD/DISGUSTING)STINK/SMELL TO HIGH HEAVEN
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general and abstract word for odours of all kinds, pleasant or unpleasant, is chòu 臭. 2. Xiāng 香 (ant. chòu 臭 "stench") often refers to pleasant odours and fragrance, but the word can also refer to a stench, unlike fāng 芳. 3. Xīng 腥, sāo 臊, and xīng sāo 腥臊 refers specifically to the stench of rotten pork or generally of rotten meat. 4. Shān 羶 / 膻 refers to the notorious pungent stench of goats. 5. Chòu 殠 is very rare word referring to an unpleasant smell. See FRAGRANT
Modern Chinese Criteria
臭 葷 臭烘烘 臭呼呼 臭氣沖天 臭氣燻天 臭不可當 令人掩鼻 如入鮑魚之肆 狐臭 胡臭 狐臊 腋臭 腥臭 汗臭 口臭 腳臭 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
See also
Hypernym
  • ODOUR　The APPEARANCE of something which one CAN SMELL. (anc: 5/0, child: 2)
  • APPEARANCE　CLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES. (anc: 4/0, child: 6)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 15.26

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    SMELL

    odor denotes, objectively, the smell which a thing has in itself.

    olfactus refers to the subjective sensation caused by an objective smell.

    olor refers to a stench.

    SMELLY

    olidus refers to something that smells and particularly to things that have a bad smell.

    odorus refers to things with a good smell.

  • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 122

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1019

    嗅，臭，殠，鼻plus臭on-right

    1. The specialised character cho4u 殠 for putrid smell in SHUOWEN is actually used in HANSHU as well.

    • Words (13 items)

    臭  chòu OC: khjus MC: tɕhɨu 9 Attributions

    The current general and abstract word for odours of all kinds, pleasant or unpleasant, is chòu 臭.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 香/FRAGRANT Xiāng 香 (ant. chòu 臭 "stinking") is orginally the scent of grain, and the meaning of the word was generalised to refer to any pleasant smell, especially also that of foodstuffs. NB: chòu 臭 is often neutral in classical Chinese and can refer to pleasant as well as unpleasant smells. However, there are cases where the word clearly describes something as evil-smelling and not only refers to what actually happens to be an evil smell.
    • Assoc: 腐/ROTTEN The current general word for rottenness is fǔ 腐(ant. xiān 鮮 "still fresh").

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeatureodour, smell
    • nabstativestench
    • vigive off an odour, be smelly; smell
    • vinegativestink
    • vtoNcausativemake (oneself) foul
    腥  xīng OC: seeŋ MC: seŋ 6 Attributions

    Xīng 腥, sāo 臊, and xīng sāo 腥臊 refers specifically to the stench of rotten pork or generally of rotten meat.

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturebeing putrid; stench of rotten pork; stench of rotten pork or rotten fish; stench; rank, smelly
    • nadNputrid, rotten (especially of meat)
    • vibe putrid
    羶  shān OC: lʰan MC: ɕiɛn
    羶膻  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 5 Attributions

    Shān 羶/膻 refers to the notorious pungent stench of goats.

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeatureZZ: stench of goats; rankness
    • vadNrank
    • vibe rancid; have the smell of rich meaty food
    腥臊  xīng sāo OC: seeŋ saaw MC: seŋ sɑu 2 Attributions

    Xīng 腥, sāo 臊, and xīng sāo 腥臊 refers specifically to the stench of rotten pork or generally of rotten meat.

      Syntactic words
    • NPabstench of rotten meat; stench in generalLZ
    蒿  hāo OC: qhoow MC: hɑu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturestench
    蕕  yóu OC: k-lu MC: jɨu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vichangecome to stink
    臭腐  chòu fǔ MC: tsyhuwH bjuX OC: khjus boʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VP[adN]stinking rotten thingsDS
    臊  sāo OC: saaw MC: sɑu 0 Attributions

    Xīng 腥, sāo 臊, and xīng sāo 腥臊 refers specifically to the stench of rotten pork or generally of rotten meat.

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturestench of meat
    • vadNputrid
    • vibe putrid
    蜚  fěi OC: pɯlʔ MC: pɨi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNpost-Han: giving off an obnoxious evil smell
    香  xiāng OC: qhaŋ MC: hi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions

    Xiāng 香 (ant. chòu 臭 "stench") often refers to pleasant odours and fragrance, but the word can also refer to a stench, unlike fāng 芳.

      Syntactic words
    • nfragrance; see FRAGRANT
    • vibe fragrant; see FRAGRANT
    鱢  sāo OC: saaw MC: sɑu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viputrid odour
    殠  chòu OC: khjus MC: tɕhɨu 0 Attributions

    Chòu 殠 is very rare word referring to an unpleasant smell.

      Syntactic words
    • nabstativeHANSHU: putrid smell
    • vismell foul
    焄  xūn OC: qhlun MC: hi̯un 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nsubjectwhat stinks