血 (xiě / xuè) means Blood, Blood (courage). Below are 12 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
医生给他量了 血 压。
Yīshēng gěi tā liáng le xuèyā.
The doctor took his blood pressure.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 血压
他的 血 压一直偏高。
Tā de xuèyā yìzhí piān gāo.
His blood pressure has always been on the high side.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 血压
医生让他去化验一下 血 。
Yīshēng ràng tā qù huàyàn yíxià xuè.
The doctor told him to go and have a blood test.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 化验
这本书是他多年的心 血 。
Zhè běn shū shì tā duō nián de xīnxuè.
This book is the fruit of years of his effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 心血
他的言辞锋利，一针见 血 。
Tā de yáncí fēnglì, yìzhēnjiànxiě.
His words are incisive and go straight to the point.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 锋利
护士给他测量了 血 压和体温。
Hùshi gěi tā cèliáng le xuèyā hé tǐwēn.
The nurse measured his blood pressure and temperature.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 测量
这本书凝聚了他一生的心 血 。
Zhè běn shū níngjù le tā yìshēng de xīnxuè.
This book embodies a lifetime of his effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凝聚
父母为孩子付出了无数心 血 。
Fùmǔ wèi háizi fùchū le wúshù xīnxuè.
Parents pour endless effort into their children.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 心血
这部作品是他多年心 血 的结晶。
Zhè bù zuòpǐn shì tā duō nián xīnxuè de jiéjīng.
This work is the crystallisation of years of his effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 结晶
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Words that contain 血
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Questions about 血
How is 血 used in a sentence?
This page shows 12 sentences using 血 (xiě / xuè, "Blood, Blood (courage)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 血 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 血 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 血 an HSK word?
Yes — 血 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 血?
The dictionary page for 血 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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