HSK 5 · Body

血 xuè “blood” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 血 means

  1. blood

Also read xiě in everyday speech (HSK 3.0 Level 4)

  1. blood

Both readings mean blood. In everyday speech, 血 on its own is usually said xiě: 他流了点儿血 (tā liúle diǎnr xiě) “he bled a little”. In compound words such as 血液 (xuèyè) “blood” and 血管 (xuèguǎn) “blood vessel”, and in formal Chinese, it is xuè.

Measure word 滴 dī or 片 piàn · 一滴血 yì dī xuè

How to say 血

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale血xuè4th tone, falling

血 in a sentence

  1. 她看见血就晕了。

    Tā kànjiàn xuè jiù yūn le.

    She fainted at the sight of blood.

    Sentence #335385 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你的血型是什么？

    Nǐ de xuèxíng shì shénme?

    What’s your blood type? INSIDE:血型

    Sentence #374905 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 不是血，是番茄酱。

    Bú shì xuè, shì fānqiéjiàng.

    It’s not blood – it’s tomato sauce.

    Sentence #2675112 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 血 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 血 (xuè) with each of its parts in a different colour
血xuèblood
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 皿dish · mǐn

How to write 血

血 6 strokes

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

Words related to 血

Words with 血

血压xuèyā · blood pressure心血xīnxuè · painstaking effort

More words: People, Body & Health

胃wèi · stomach消化xiāohuà · to digest (food or information)心脏xīnzàng · heart胸xiōng · chest牙齿yáchǐ · tooth痒yǎng · to itch腰yāo · waist晕yūn · dizzy

FAQs

血 (xuè) means “blood”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xuè: xuè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 血 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 滴 (dī) or 片 (piàn). For example, one blood is 一滴血 (yì dī xuè).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 血 from the suggestions. Typing xue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
Yes. Both readings mean blood. In everyday speech, 血 on its own is usually said xiě: 他流了点儿血 (tā liúle diǎnr xiě) “he bled a little”. In compound words such as 血液 (xuèyè) “blood” and 血管 (xuèguǎn) “blood vessel”, and in formal Chinese, it is xuè. The xiě reading is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word.
血 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.