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餿

简馊 · 繁餿

Mandarin · pinyin sōu

rancid
soured (as food)

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餿: Look up this written character
馊: sōu · spoiled, rotten, stale, rancid

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1 · sou1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sau1 · suk1

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(of food) sour; stale; rancid
(of one's body or clothes) unpleasantly odorous; stinky (from fermented sweat or sebum)
(of an idea) lousy

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