吐血

Chinese

		vomit; to spit	blood
simp. and trad. (吐血)		吐	血

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tùxuè, tùxuě, tùxiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄊㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ, ㄊㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³ hyut³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thò͘-huih / thò͘-hoeh / thò͘-hiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tùxuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tùsyuè
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu⁴-hsüeh⁴
    • Yale: tù-sywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuhshiueh
    • Palladius: тусюэ (tusjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tùxuě
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tùsyuě
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu⁴-hsüeh³
    • Yale: tù-sywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuhsheue
    • Palladius: тусюэ (tusjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tùxiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tùsiě
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu⁴-hsieh³
    • Yale: tù-syě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuhshiee
    • Palladius: тусе (tuse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou³ hyut³
    • Yale: tou hyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou³ hyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou³ hüd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³ hyːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò͘-huih
    • Tâi-lô: thòo-huih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: torhuiq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ huiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ huiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huiʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò͘-hoeh
    • Tâi-lô: thòo-hueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: torhoeq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ hueʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò͘-hiat
    • Tâi-lô: thòo-hiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: torhiad
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ hiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ hiɛt̚³²/

Verb

吐血

1. (medicine) to vomit blood
2. (figurative) to be very excited, angry or frustrated
3. (Mainland China Hokkien) to be exasperating; to be utterly helpless

Synonyms

• (to vomit blood): 咯血 (kǎxuè), 咳血 (kéxuè), 嘔血／呕血 (ǒuxuè); (Min Nan) 呸血, 霂血, 嘔紅／呕红, 咯紅／咯红
• (to be exasperating): (Min Nan) 呸血, 吐血吐沱