撒尿 (sā niào) — (colloquial, verb-object) to pee, to urinate | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

撒尿 (sā niào) is a colloquial, somewhat blunt 'to pee / urinate' — formed from the verb 撒 and the noun 尿. It is more vivid than 上厕所 and more casual than the medical 解小便.

verb

(colloquial, verb-object) to peeto urinate

Examples

撒尿。
Wǒ yào qù sā niào.
I need to go pee.
。
Tā zài cè suǒ sā le yí pào niào.
He had a pee in the toilet.
，撒尿。
Xiǎo hái niào jí, gǎn kuài ràng tā zài lù biān de shù páng sā niào le.
The kid urgently needed to pee, so we quickly let him go by the tree on the roadside.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

撒sārelease

'撒' gives releasing and '尿' gives urine, so it means to release urine.

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.

扌散撒

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

散

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

撒 combines 扌 (hand) with 散, which gives the sound; the hand part shows scattering with the hand.

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

尾尾wěitail
水水shuǐwater

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.

Appears in

Hygiene & Grooming

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