鼻血 (bí xiě) — nosebleed; bleeding from the nose

Definition

noun

nosebleedbleeding from the nose

鼻血。
Tā liú bí xiě le.
He has a nosebleed.
鼻血，。
Liú bí xiě de shí hou, yào tái qǐ tóu.
When you have a nosebleed, you should tilt your head up.
鼻血。
Wǒ de bí xiě zhǐ bú zhù le.
My nosebleed won't stop.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

鼻 names the nose and 血 names blood, together referring to blood from the nose.

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.

自畀鼻

Meaning part形符xíngfú

自自zìnose

Sound part声符shēngfú

畀

畀bì鼻bí

Same sound today

鼻 pairs 自, meaning nose, with 畀, which gives the sound.

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

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

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