尿 (niào) — urine; to urinate | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Both noun ('urine') and verb ('to urinate'); a body-fluid term with no real near-synonym. 化验 refers to lab-testing the urine, not to the act itself.

urineto urinate

Measure word · 泡

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Hái zi zuó wǎn niào chuáng le, chuáng dān quán shī le.
The child wet the bed last night, and the sheet is completely soaked.
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Yī shēng ràng wǒ liú yí pào niào zuò jiǎn chá.
The doctor asked me to leave a urine sample for testing.
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Xiǎo gǒu pǎo dào huā yuán lǐ niào le yí xià.
The puppy ran into the garden and peed for a bit.

Compound ideograph

六书liùshū

会意huìyì

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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