Chinese word

咳血

Pronunciation

Pinyinké xiě

Meaning

  • verbcough up blood

Example

上周她半夜咳血，被送进了医院。shàng zhōu tā bàn yè ké xiě bèi sòng jìn le yī yuàn

Last week, she coughed up blood in the middle of the night and was taken to the hospital.

Illustration for 咳血 (cough up blood)

More examples

他体力差时偶尔会咳血，医生让他注意休息。tā tǐ lì chà shí óu ěr huì ké xiě yī shēng ràng tā zhù yì xiū xī

When he is weak, he sometimes coughs up blood, and the doctor told him to get enough rest.

Core concept

A cough becomes the route by which red blood appears in what comes up from the chest.

Common phrases

  • 偶尔咳血óu ěr ké xiě

    occasionally cough up blood

  • 可能会咳血kě néng huì ké xiě

    may cough up blood

Similar words

咯血ká xuè: Bring up phlegm that contains blood while coughing.
痰里带血tán lǐ dài xuè: Have blood mixed with phlegm.
吐血tù xiě: Bring blood up by vomiting.

Definition in Chinese

咳嗽时痰中或咳出物中带有血液或血丝，表现为在咳嗽过程中出现出血的症状。ké sòu shí tán zhōng huò ké chū wù zhōng dài yǒu xuè yè huò xuè sī biǎo xiàn wèi zài ké sòu guò chéng zhōng chū xiàn chū xuè de zhèng zhuàng

Word origin

咳 (ké, "cough") + 血 (xiě, "blood") forms a term for blood appearing in material brought up by coughing.

Usage tips

  • When describing symptoms in English, stating whether blood came with a cough or with vomiting separates two different sources and avoids confusion.

Other meanings

  • cough up blood-streaked phlegmverb

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