HSK 6 · Body

腹泻 fùxiè “diarrhoea” in Chinese

Traditional 腹瀉

What 腹泻 means

  1. diarrhoea
  2. diarrhea
  3. to have the runs

How to say 腹泻

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale腹fù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale泻xiè4th tone, falling

腹泻 in a sentence

  1. 他吃了不干净的东西，有点儿腹泻。

    Tā chī le bù gānjìng de dōngxi, yǒudiǎnr fùxiè.

    He ate something bad and has a bit of diarrhoea.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 腹泻的时候要多喝水。

    Fùxiè de shíhou yào duō hē shuǐ.

    Drink plenty of water when you have diarrhoea.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 腹泻 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 腹 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
腹fùabdomen
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròuMeaning part
  • 复again · fùSound part

⺼ hints at the meaning (meat); 复 (fù) hints at the sound. Compare it with fù.

The character 泻 (xiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
泻xièto flow out swiftly
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 写to write · xiěSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 写 (xiě) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiè.

How to write 腹泻

腹 13 strokes · 泻 8 strokes

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腹泻 (fùxiè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 腹泻 (fùxiè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 腹泻

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FAQs

腹泻 (fùxiè) means “diarrhoea” or “diarrhea”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fùxiè: fù with a 4th tone, then xiè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 腹泻 is written 腹瀉. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fuxie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 腹泻 from the suggestions. Typing fuxie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
腹泻 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.