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血

xuè

HSK 4 Character Measure word 滴、片

What 血 means

1. blood
2. colloquial pr. xiě

Other readings

血 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xiěsee {血|xuè}

Example sentences

• 我贫血。
  Wǒ pínxuè.
  I'm anemic.
• 血色将至。
  Xuèsè jiāngzhì.
  There will be blood.
• 血浓于水。
  Xuènóngyúshuǐ.
  Blood is thicker than water.
• 我血压高。
  I have high blood pressure.
• 我在流血。
  I'm bleeding.
• 那是血吗？
  Is that blood?

Words starting with 血

• 血压xuè yāblood pressure
• 血液xuè yèblood; (fig.) lifeblood
• 血管xuè guǎnvein; artery
• 血腥xuè xīngreeking of blood; bloody (events)
• 血迹xuè jìbloodstain
• 血统xuè tǒngblood relationship; lineage; parentage
• 血型xuè xíngblood group; blood type
• 血缘xuè yuánbloodline
• 血色xuè sècolor (of one's skin, a sign of good health); red of cheeks
• 血脉xuè màiblood vessels
• 血泪xuè lèitears of blood (symbol of extreme suffering); blood and tears
• 血肉xuè ròuflesh
• 血淋淋xiě lín línbloody; blood-soaked; gory; grisly; cruel; brutal; harsh; grim; bitter
• 血汗钱xuè hàn qiánhard-earned money
• 血糖xuè tángblood sugar
• 血汗xuè hàn(fig.) sweat and toil; hard work
• 血丝xuè sīwisps of blood; visible veins; (of eyes) bloodshot
• 血液循环xuè yè xún huánblood circulation
• 血肉模糊xuè ròu mó hu(idiom) badly mangled or mutilated; gruesome
• 血泊xuè pōpool of blood
• 血案xuè ànmurder case
• 血水xuè shuǐblood; bloody fluid; blood-tinged liquid
• 血浆xuè jiāngblood plasma
• 血债xuè zhàidebt of blood (after killing sb)

Words containing 血

• 心血xīn xuèheart's blood; expenditure (for some project); meticulous care
• 鲜血xiān xuèblood
• 流血liú xuèto bleed; to shed blood
• 高血压gāo xuè yāhigh blood pressure; hypertension
• 热血rè xuèhot blood; warm-blooded (animal); endothermic (physiology)
• 出血chū xuèto bleed; bleeding; (fig.) to spend money in large amounts
• 吐血tù xiěto cough up blood; (colloquial)…
• 白血病bái xuè bìngleukemia
• 献血xiàn xuèto donate blood
• 输血shū xuèto transfuse blood; to give aid and support
• 心血来潮xīn xuè lái cháoto be prompted by a sudden impulse; carried away by a whim; to have a brainstorm
• 铁血tiě xuèiron and blood; (fig.) weapons and war; bloody conflict…
• 贫血pín xuèanemia
• 热血沸腾rè xuè fèi téng(idiom) to be fired up; to have one's blood racing…
• 吸血鬼xī xuè guǐleech; bloodsucking vermin; vampire (translated European notion)
• 心血管xīn xuè guǎn(anatomy) heart and blood vessels; cardiovascular
• 一针见血yī zhēn jiàn xiělit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom); fig. to hit the nail on the head
• 气血qì xuèqi and blood (two basic bodily fluids of Chinese medicine)
• 止血zhǐ xuèto staunch (bleeding); hemostatic (drug)
• 充血chōng xuèhyperemia (increase in blood flow); blood congestion
• 头破血流tóu pò xuè liúlit. head broken and blood flowing; fig. badly bruised
• 抽血chōu xuèto take blood; to draw blood (e.g. for a test)
• 失血shī xuèto lose blood; to hemorrhage; (fig.) to suffer losses (financial etc)
• 混血儿hùn xuè érperson of mixed blood

Characters that look like 血

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 业yèline of business; industry; occupation
• 由yóuto follow; from; because of; due to
• 击jīto hit; to strike; to break
• 虫chónglower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures…
• 丘qiūmound; hillock; grave
• 囱cōng(bound form) chimney

Sounds the same

Read xuè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 谑joy; to joke; to banter
• 趐(archaic) to enter; to fly