腋臭

腋臭

Chinese

		armpit	sense of smell; smell bad; stench sense of smell; smell bad; stench; stink; smelly; to smell (bad)
simp. and trad. (腋臭)		腋	臭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèchòu, yìchòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄔㄡˋ, ㄧˋ ㄔㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶ cau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: yèchòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄔㄡˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehchow
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèchòu
    • IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: yìchòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄔㄡˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihchow
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìchòu
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik⁶ cau³
    • Yale: yihk chau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹ tsau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶ ceo³
    • IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚² t͡sʰɐu̯³³/

Noun

腋臭

1. armpit odour
2. body odour

Synonyms

• (body odour):

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狐獻／狐献 (Min Nan) 狐臊 (húsāo) 狐臭 (húchòu)

胳獻／胳献 (Min Nan) 體臭／体臭 (tǐchòu)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
腋	臭
Hyōgaiji	Grade: S
Irregular

Alternative forms

• 狐臭, 胡臭

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) わきが [wàkígá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) わき​が [wàkíꜜgà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠kʲiɡa̠]

Noun

腋臭 (hiragana わきが, rōmaji wakiga)

1. body odour

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
腋	臭
えき Hyōgaiji	しゅう Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 腋臭 (jiᴇk̚ t͡ɕʰɨu^H).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) えきしゅう [èkíshúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [e̞kʲiɕɨᵝː]

Noun

腋臭 (hiragana えきしゅう, rōmaji ekishū, historical hiragana えきしう)

1. body odour

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3