放血

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	blood
simp. and trad. (放血)		放	血

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàngxuè, fàngxuě, fàngxiě

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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ hyut³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pàng-huih / pàng-hoeh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàngxuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngsyuè
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴-hsüeh⁴
    • Yale: fàng-sywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqshiueh
    • Palladius: фансюэ (fansjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàngxuě
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngsyuě
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴-hsüeh³
    • Yale: fàng-sywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqsheue
    • Palladius: фансюэ (fansjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàngxiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngsiě
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴-hsieh³
    • Yale: fàng-syě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqshiee
    • Palladius: фансе (fanse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ hyut³
    • Yale: fong hyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ hyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ hüd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ hyːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-huih
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-huih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parnghuiq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huiʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei): /paŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ huiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ huiʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-hoeh
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-hueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parnghoeq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ hueʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hueʔ³²/

Verb

放血

1. (medicine) to let blood; to phlebotomize
2. (colloquial) to make someone bleed
3. (colloquial, figurative) to sell at reduced prices (even if there is nil profit)
4. (colloquial, figurative) to pay money; to lose money
5. (Southern Min) to have or pass blood in one's excrement
6. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to spend money or time

Synonyms

• (to have or pass blood): 便血 (biànxuè)