尿血 (niào xiě) — hematuria (blood in urine)

Definition

noun
hematuria (blood in urine)

Examples

  • 尿血。
    Yī shēng jiàn yì tā jiǎn chá yí xià niào xiě de yuán yīn.
    The doctor advised him to check the cause of the hematuria.
  • 尿血。
    niào xiě Kě néng shì shèn zàng jí bìng de yí gè xìn hào.
    Hematuria may be a signal of kidney disease.
  • 尿血。
    Tā yīn wèi niào xiě qù le yī yuàn jiǎn chá.
    He went to the hospital for a check because of hematuria.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

尿niàourinate
血xuèblood

尿 (urinate) and 血 (blood) combine to mean blood passed in urine.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

Originally it drew a person urinating. The old form used 尾 (tail) and 水 (water); 尾 later simplified to 尸 (body), so 尿 now shows 尸 and 水.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 一一yīdrop of blood
  • 皿皿mǐncontainer

The shape shows 一, a drop of blood, inside 皿, a container, for blood held in a sacrificial vessel.

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