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馊

餿
sōu
adjective #27,311

Meanings

  1. 1 sour and spoiled (of food)
  2. 2 rancid
  3. 3 smelling of rotting food

Examples

饭放了两天，已经馊了。
Fàn fàng le liǎng tiān, yǐjīng sōu le.
The rice has been sitting for two days and has already gone sour.
天热的时候食物很容易馊。
Tiān rè de shíhou shíwù hěn róngyì sōu.
Food spoils easily in hot weather.

Tips

usage
馊 specifically describes the sour, unpleasant smell and taste of cooked food (especially rice or soup) that has gone bad. It is different from 臭 (chòu, general bad smell) or 腐 (fǔ, rotten/decayed).

Stroke Order

馊 sōu