用血 (yòng xiě) — blood usage; use of blood (in medical contexts, e.g., transfusion)

Definition

noun
blood usageuse of blood (in medical contexts, e.g., transfusion)

Examples

  • 用血。
    Yī yuàn de yòng xiě guǎn lǐ fēi cháng zhòng yào.
    The hospital's blood usage management is very important.
  • 用血。
    Xiàn xiě zhě bāng zhù zēng jiā yòng xiě gōng yìng.
    Blood donors help increase the blood supply.
  • 用血。
    Shǒu shù qián xū yào píng gū yòng xiě xū qiú.
    Before surgery, blood usage needs need to be assessed.

Origin

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.

用 was formed by adding a handle to an earlier form.

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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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