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Jyutping faat3 cau3
Pinyin fā chòu

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    散發​令人​難以​容忍​嘅​怪味
    to stink; to give out a bad smell or odour, esp. from rubbish or something rotten
    • 屍體發現嘅時候已經開始發臭。
      尸体发现嘅时候已经开始发臭。
      The corpse stank when it was discovered.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to stink (have a strong bad smell)

發臭 [发-]

Jyutping
Pinyin fā chòu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. smelly
  2. to smell bad
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    软弱的医生使伤口发臭。
    軟弱的醫生使傷口發臭。
    ruǎn ruò de yī shēng shǐ shāng kǒu fā chòu 。
    • Soft healers make stinking wounds.
  2. Mandarin
    最好的鱼三天就要发臭。
    最好的魚三天就要發臭。
    zuì hǎo de yú sān tiān jiù yào fā chòu 。
    • The best fish smell when they are three days old.
  3. Mandarin
    你身上发臭了。
    你身上發臭了。
    nǐ shēn shang fā chòu le 。
    • You stink.
    • You smell.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    尸体发现嘅时候已经开始发臭。
    屍體發現嘅時候已經開始發臭。
    • The corpse stank when it was discovered.
  2. Cantonese
    快啲清理好啲垃圾啦,唔系听日就会发臭㗎喇。
    快啲清理好啲垃圾啦,唔係聽日就會發臭㗎喇。
    faai3 di1 cing1 lei5 hou2 di1 laap6 saap3 laa1, m4 hai6 ting1 jat6 zau6 wui5 faat3 cau3 gaa3 laa3.
    • Quickly clear out the garbage, otherwise it will stink by tomorrow.