Chinese word

流血

Pronunciation

Pinyinliú xuè

Meaning

  • verbbleed

Example

孩子摔倒了，手流血了。hái zi shuāi dǎo le shǒu liú xuè le

The child fell, and their hand was bleeding.

Illustration for 流血 (bleed)

More examples

事故中，伤者大量流血，需要尽快输血。shì gù zhōng shāng zhě dà liàng liú xuè xū yào jǐn kuài shū xuè

During the accident, the injured person was bleeding heavily and needed a blood transfusion as soon as possible.

Core concept

Blood flows out through a wound or another body opening instead of staying inside the body.

Common phrases

  • 大量流血dà liàng liú xuè

    bleed heavily

  • 流血过多liú xuè guò duō

    bleed excessively

Similar words

出血chū xuè: Blood leaves the body because of an injury or illness, in a formal medical context.
流鼻血liú bí xiě: Blood comes out of the nose, usually because a small blood vessel has broken.
失血shī xuè: A person loses a large amount of blood, leaving too little blood in the body.

Definition in Chinese

血液从身体的伤口或鼻腔等部位流出。xuè yè cóng shēn tǐ de shāng kǒu huò bí qiāng děng bù wèi liú chū

Word origin

流血 (liúxiě, "bleed") combines 流 (liú, "flow") with 血 (xiě, "blood"), so it pictures blood flowing out of the body.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, a body part often serves as the subject, while English more often describes the person or the injury as the source of the bleeding.

Other meanings

  • shed bloodverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 流血事件liú xuè shì jiànbloodshed incidentnoun
  • 流血冲突liú xuè chōng tūbloody conflictnoun

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