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抽血 (chōu xuè) — to draw blood (for medical tests or transfusions)

Definition

抽血 means drawing blood (verb-object phrase), specifically for medical tests or donation. The verb 抽 here means 'to draw/pull out', not 'to smoke' or 'to抽签'.

verb
to draw blood (for medical tests or transfusions)

Examples

  • 抽血。
    Yī shēng gěi wǒ chōu xuè huà yàn.
    The doctor drew blood from me for tests.
  • ，。
    Tā qù nián chōu guò yí cì xuè, jié guǒ yí qiè zhèng cháng.
    He had blood drawn once last year, and everything came back normal.
  • 抽血。
    Hù shi cóng bìng rén shǒu bì shàng chōu xuè zuò huà yàn.
    The nurse drew blood from the patient's arm for testing.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

抽chōudraw
血xuèblood

抽 (draw) takes 血 (blood).

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
由
由yóu抽chōu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 扌 is the hand form, written in full as 手, and the right part 由 provides the sound.

Open 抽 →

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.

Open 血 →
Appears in
Medicine & Treatment

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