# 口臭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kǒuchòu
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄔㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hau$^2$ cau$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khió-chhàu / kháu-chhàu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kao$^2$ cao$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$kheu-tsheu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuchòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄔㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kǒuchòu
*** Wade–Giles: kʻou$^3$-chʻou$^4$
*** Yale: kǒu-chòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koouchow
*** Palladius: коучоу (koučou)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hau$^2$ cau$^3$
*** Yale: háu chau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hau$^2$ tsau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heo$^2$ ceo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-chhàu
*** Tâi-lô: khió-tshàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qioyzhaux
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰau⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-chhàu
*** Tâi-lô: kháu-tshàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qawzhaux
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kao$^2$ cao$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kháu tshàu
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰau²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$kheu-tsheu
*** MiniDict: kheu$^去$ tsheu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$kheu-tsheu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰɤ³³ t͡sʰɤ⁴⁴/

### Noun

口臭
* bad breath; halitosis

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 口過, 口氣 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 口臭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 口臭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 口臭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 口臭, 嘴臭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 嘴臭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 口臭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 嘴臭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 口臭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 口臭, 嘴臭, 臭嘴 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 口臭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 口臭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 口臭, 嘴臭, 嘴巴臭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 口臭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 嘴巴臭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 嘴臭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 口臭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 臭嘴 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 口臭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 口臭 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 口臭 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 口臭 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 嘴巴臭 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 嘴角臭 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 口臭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 嘴臭 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 口臭 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 喙盡臭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 嘴臭, 臭嘴 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 喙臭, 喙臭火, 臭火氣 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 喙臭 GT |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 喙臭 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 喙臭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 口臭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 口臭, 嘴臭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 口臭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 嘴臭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 口臭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 口臭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 口臭 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 口臭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 口臭 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

### Adjective

口臭
* (Cantonese) having a tendency to say impolite things

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 口 | 臭 |
| こう Grade: 1 | しゅう Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 口臭 (kyūjitai)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こーしゅう [kòóshúú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ko̞ːɕɨː]

### Noun

口(こう)臭(しゅう) • (kōshū)
* bad breath, halitosis

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN