"Smell" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 味道 | wèi dao | flavor / smell / hint of |   |
| 闻 |  wén | to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at | |
| 臭 | chòu | stench / smelly / to smell (bad) / repulsive / loathsome / terrible / bad / severely / ruthlessly / dud (ammunition) | |
| 气息 | qì xī | breath / smell / odor / flavor | |
| 闻到 | wén dào | to smell / to sniff sth out / to perceive by smelling | |
| 闻见 | wén jiàn | to smell / to hear / knowledge / information | |
| 气 | qì | gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi | |
| 味 | wèi | taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription | |
| 嗅 | xiù | to smell / to sniff / to nose | |
| 香味 | xiāng wèi | fragrance / bouquet / sweet smell / CL:股[gu3] | |
| 臭味 | chòu wèi | bad smell / foul odor | |
| 嗅觉 | xiù jué | sense of smell | |
| 难闻 | nán wén | unpleasant smell / stink | |
| 血腥味 | xuè xīng wèi | smell of blood | |
| 酒味 | jiǔ wèi | smell of alcohol / flavoring of rum or other liquor in food / aroma or nose (of wine) | |
| 恶气 | è qì | evil smell / resentment / unpleasant manner | |
| 发臭 | fā chòu | smelly / to smell bad | |
| 官能 | guān néng | function / capability / sense (i.e. the five senses of sight 視|视, hearing 聽|听, smell 嗅, taste 味 / and touch 觸|触) / faculty (i.e. specific ability) | |
| 乳臭未干 | rǔ xiù wèi gān | lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced / still wet behind the ears | |
| 霉气 | méi qì | a moldy smell / damp and rotten / fig. rotten bad luck | |
| 串味 | chuàn wèi | to become tainted with the smell of sth else / to pick up an odor | |
| 臭 | xiù | sense of smell / smell bad | |
| 骚 | sāo | trouble / disturbance / rumpus / flirty / coquettish / abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] / literary writings / smell of urine / foul smell / male (animal) (dialect) | |
| 呛 | qiàng | to irritate the nose / to choke (of smoke, smell etc) / pungent / (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb / to scold / to speak out against sb | |
| 茹 | rú | to eat / (extended meaning) to endure / putrid smell / vegetables / roots (inextricably attached to the plant) | |
| 臊 | sāo | smell of urine | |
| 火药味 | huǒ yào wèi | smell of gunpowder / (fig.) combative tone / belligerence | |
| 事物的本质重于外在 | shì wù de běn zhì chóng yú wài zài | essence is more important than external appearance / a rose by any other name would smell as sweet | |
| 火药味甚浓 | huǒ yào wèi shèn nóng | strong smell of gunpowder / fig. tense situation / standoff | |
| 玫瑰不管叫啥名 | méi guī bù guǎn jiào shá míng | A rose by any other name (would smell as sweet) | |
| 玫瑰不管叫啥名，闻起来总是香的 | méi guī bù guǎn jiào shá míng , wén qǐ lai zǒng shì xiāng de | A rose by any other name would smell as sweet | |
| 闻上去 | wén shàng qù | to smell of sth / to smell like sth | |
| 闻出 | wén chū | to identify by smell / to detect a scent / to sniff out | |
| 臊气 | sāo qì | foul smell / stench / smell of urine | |
| 色香味俱全 | sè xiāng wèi jù quán | to smell, look and taste great | |
| 骚味 | sāo wèi | foul smell | |
