血 (hyut3 | xue4 xie3) : blood; blood relationship

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血

hyut3

xue4 xie3

[1] [n/adj] blood; related by blood
[2] [adj] energetic and high-spirited

Pinyin xue4 is literary reading; xie3 is colloquial.

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Stroke count: 6

Level: 1

Radical: (#143)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

血

This word has been viewed 15545 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th Feb 2014 13:50

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流血 lau4 hyut3 liu2 xue4 (PRC), liu2 xie3 (Taiwan) = to bleed

血統 hyut3 tung2 xue4 tong3; xie3 tong3 = blood relationship, lineage

大出血 daai6 ceot1 hyut3 = a sale 粵

高血壓 gou1 hyut3 aat3 gao1 xue4 ya1 (PRC), gao1 xie3 ya1 (Taiwan) = high blood pressure; hypertension

血壓 hyut3 aat3 xue4 ya1 (PRC), xie3 ya1 (Taiwan) = blood pressure

低血壓 dai1 hyut3 aat3 di1 xue4 ya1 (PRC), di1 xie3 ya1 (Taiwan) = low blood pressure, hypotention

白血病 baak6 hyut3 beng6 bai2 xue4 bing4 (PRC), bai2 xie3 bing4 (Taiwan) = leukaemia (leukemia)

冷血 laang5 hyut3 leng3 xue4 (PRC), leng3 xie3 (Taiwan) = cold-hearted, cold-blooded

心血 sam1 hyut3 xin1 xue4 (PRC), xin1 xie3 (Taiwan) = meticulous care

血汗 hyut3 hon6 xue4 han4 (PRC), xie3 han4 (Taiwan) = blood and sweat; sweat and toil; hard work
See all 120 compounds (CantoDict reports 123 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 血

我流緊血粵
I am bleeding.

醫生，我要不要化驗血？國
Doctor, do I need to have a blood test?

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 血
Unicode code for this character: U+8840 (off-site link)

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