Chinese symbol for “putrid”
腐臭
fǔ chòu
rotten (smell); stinking; putrid
The closest CC-CEDICT match for putrid is 腐臭 (fǔ chòu), defined as: rotten (smell); stinking; putrid.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “putrid”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 馊臭 (餿臭) | sōu chòu | reeking; putrid |
| 馁 (餒) | něi | (bound form) hungry; starving; (bound form) dispirited |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 腐臭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腐败 (腐敗) | fǔ bài | corruption; to corrupt |
| 豆腐 | dòu fu | tofu; bean curd |
| 贪腐 (貪腐) | tān fǔ | corruption |
| 腐蚀 (腐蝕) | fǔ shí | corrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically) |
| 腐朽 | fǔ xiǔ | rotten; decayed |
| 腐烂 (腐爛) | fǔ làn | to rot; to putrefy |
| 恶臭 (惡臭) | è chòu | stink; stench; stinky; smelly |
| 臭味 | chòu wèi | bad smell; foul odor |
See also: Japanese symbol for “putrid”.
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.