吸血

吸血

Chinese

		to breathe; to suck in; to absorb to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale	blood
simp. and trad. (吸血)		吸	血

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīxuè, xīxuě, xīxiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˇ, ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ hyut³
• Min Nan (POJ): khip-hoeh / khip-huih

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: xīxuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishiueh
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: xīxuě
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shisheue
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: xīxiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishiie
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹ hyut³
    • Yale: kāp hyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ hyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ hüd³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ hyːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khip-hoeh
    • Tâi-lô: khip-hueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qip'hoeq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ hueʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khip-huih
    • Tâi-lô: khip-huih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qip'huiq
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ huiʔ³²/

Verb

吸血

1. to suck blood

Derived terms

吸血蛭 吸血蟲／吸血虫

吸血鬼 (xīxuèguǐ)