口臭

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	sense of smell; smell bad; stench sense of smell; smell bad; stench; stink; smelly; to smell (bad)
trad. (口臭)		口	臭
simp. #(口臭)		口	臭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒuchòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄔㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² cau³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khió-chhàu / kháu-chhàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kao² cao³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵kheu-tsheu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuchòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄔㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒuchòu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-chʻou⁴
    • Yale: kǒu-chòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koouchow
    • Palladius: коучоу (koučou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² cau³
    • Yale: háu chau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² tsau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² ceo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-chhàu
    • Tâi-lô: khió-tshàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qioyzhaux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-chhàu
    • Tâi-lô: kháu-tshàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qawzhaux
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kao² cao³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kháu tshàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰau²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kheu-tsheu
    • MiniDict: kheu^去 tsheu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kheu-tsheu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰɤ³³ t͡sʰɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

口臭

1. bad breath; halitosis

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 口臭 (“bad breath; halitosis”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		口過, 口氣
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口臭
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	口臭
	Harbin	口臭
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	口臭, 嘴臭
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	嘴臭
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	口臭
	Wanrong	嘴臭
	Xining	口臭
	Xuzhou	口臭, 嘴臭, 臭嘴
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	口臭
	Ürümqi	口臭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	口臭, 嘴臭, 嘴巴臭
	Wuhan	口臭
	Guiyang	嘴巴臭
	Liuzhou	嘴臭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	口臭
	Yangzhou	臭嘴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	口臭
	Hong Kong	口臭
	Dongguan	口臭
Gan	Lichuan	口臭
	Pingxiang	嘴巴臭
Hakka	Yudu	嘴角臭
Huizhou	Jixi	口臭
Jin	Taiyuan	嘴臭
	Xinzhou	口臭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	喙盡臭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	嘴臭, 臭嘴
Southern Min	Xiamen	喙臭, 喙臭火, 臭火氣
	Taipei	喙臭 GT
	Leizhou	喙臭
	Haikou	喙臭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	口臭
Wu	Shanghai	口臭, 嘴臭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	口臭
	Suzhou	嘴臭
	Danyang	口臭
	Hangzhou	口臭
	Ningbo	口臭
	Jinhua	口臭
Xiang	Changsha	口臭
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Adjective

口臭

1. (Cantonese) having a tendency to say impolite things

Japanese

Kanji in this term
口	臭
こう Grade: 1	しゅう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
口臭 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーしゅう [kòóshúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕɨᵝː]

Noun

口(こう)臭(しゅう) • (kōshū) ^{←こうしう (kousiu)?}

1. bad breath, halitosis