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Blood in Chinese

blood · HSK 4

血 xuè

Counted with 滴: 一滴血 yì dī xuè

他的手指破了,流了一点血。 He cut his finger and it bled a little.

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How do you say blood in Chinese?

Blood in Chinese is 血 (xuè). You can also say 血液 (xuè yè).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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