xiù

common
verb

Meaning of

嗅 means to smell; to sniff; to detect scent. Pronounced xiù.

  • to smell; to sniff; to detect scent

Character Info

Radical
Strokes10
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Xiǎo
gǒu
zài
tuǐ
shàng
xiù
lái
xiù
 

The little dog sniffed back and forth on his leg.

xiù
le
xiù
miàn
bāo
 
xiàn
jīng
biàn
zhì
le
 

He sniffed the bread and found it had gone bad.

Jǐng
quǎn
kào
mǐn
ruì
de
xiù
jué
zhuī
zōng
zuì
fàn
 

Police dogs rely on their keen sense of smell to track criminals.

còu
jìn
huā
cóng
 
xiù
zhe
méi
guī
de
fēn
fāng
 

She leaned close to the flower bed and smelled the fragrance of roses.

Kǎo
xué
jiā
xiù
chū
le
táo
shàng
cán
liú
de
 

The archaeologist detected the lingering smell of soil on the ancient pottery.