臊

sāo

HSK 7-93 readings

Other characters with the syllable sao: see all 4 →

Meaning

to smell of urine (or sweat etc)
shame
bashfulness

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to shame
to humiliate

Example

我替他害臊。

I feel bad for him.

From 害臊 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

sàoshame / bashfulness / to shame / to humiliate
sāoto smell of urine (or sweat etc)

Stroke Order

17 strokes

Words containing 臊

害臊hàisàoto be bashfulHSK 7-9

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