Chinese symbol for “notorious”
臭名昭著
chòu míng zhāo zhù
notorious; infamous; egregious (bandits)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for notorious is 臭名昭著 (chòu míng zhāo zhù), defined as: notorious; infamous; egregious (bandits).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “notorious”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恶名昭著 (惡名昭著) | è míng zhāo zhù | notorious; infamous |
| 恶名昭彰 (惡名昭彰) | è míng zhāo zhāng | infamous; notorious |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 臭名昭著.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恶臭 (惡臭) | è chòu | stink; stench; stinky; smelly |
| 臭味 | chòu wèi | bad smell; foul odor |
| 臭氧 | chòu yǎng | ozone (O₃) |
| 臭虫 (臭蟲) | chòu chóng | bedbug (Cimex lectularius); tick |
| 臭豆腐 | chòu dòu fu | stinky tofu; strong-smelling preserved beancurd |
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 著名 | zhù míng | famous; noted |
| 名称 (名稱) | míng chēng | name (of a thing); name (of an organization) |
| 昭示 | zhāo shì | to declare publicly; to make clear |
| 著作 | zhù zuò | to write; literary work |
See also: Japanese symbol for “notorious”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.