粵

發faat3臭cau3

simp发臭
faat3 cau3fā chòu

English

  1. smelly
  2. to smell bad
  3. to stink; to give out a bad smell or odour, esp. from rubbish or something rotten

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 散發令人難以容忍嘅怪味

Examples

  • 你身上发臭了。

    You stink.

    Tatoeba · jiangche CC BY

  • 軟弱的醫生使傷口發臭。

    Soft healers make stinking wounds.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 最好的鱼三天就要发臭。

    The best fish smell when they are three days old.

    Tatoeba · U2FS CC BY

  • 屍體發現嘅時候已經開始發臭。

    The corpse stank when it was discovered.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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