活血

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	blood
simp. and trad. (活血)		活	血

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huóxuè, huóxuě, huóxiě

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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ hyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huóxuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huósyuè
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-hsüeh⁴
    • Yale: hwó-sywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwoshiueh
    • Palladius: хосюэ (xosjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huóxuě
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huósyuě
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-hsüeh³
    • Yale: hwó-sywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwosheue
    • Palladius: хосюэ (xosjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huóxiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huósiě
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-hsieh³
    • Yale: hwó-syě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwoshiee
    • Palladius: хосе (xose)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wut⁶ hyut³
    • Yale: wuht hyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ hyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ hüd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² hyːt̚³/

Verb

活血

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) to improve the blood circulation