Blood (pinyin: xuè, xiě) is a commonly used Chinese character , the earliest form of which is found in Shang dynasty oracle bones. Blood in ancient Chinese characters looks like the blood of animals in sacrificial vessels, and originally referred to the blood of animals offered to the gods during sacrifices, and later generalized to refer to the blood of humans and animals. Blood is derived from blood as having **** with ancestors, and is also used as a metaphor for being strong and ardent. Hanyu Dictionary

Blood was pronounced with an incoming sound in ancient times, but in modern times it has been differentiated into two pronunciations, xuè and xiě, with xuè being used mostly in the written language and xiě being used mostly in the spoken language, often used singularly.

Whichever sound is pronounced, "blood" refers to the red liquid that flows through a person's heart and blood vessels. The difference in pronunciation is simply a matter of habit, between the literary and the vernacular. The pronunciation of xuè is the result of the evolution of the character in sound; while xiě is the pronunciation that Beijingers have gradually developed in their spoken language.

meaning of xuè pronunciation:

The opaque fluid of the circulatory system of an animal. From Yang Xiong's "Fayan - Yuanqian": the plains are disgusted with human flesh, and the rivers and valleys flow with human blood.

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In ancient literature, it also refers to tears shed as a result of grief. From "Zhouyi - Tun": riding a horse Banru, weeping blood Lianru.

Refers to blood, lineage. From Du Mu's poem "Feelings": I vow to pay my grandchildren, and my blood will be cut off.

In Chinese medicine, it refers to menstruation. From Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica - Treatment of the Second - Women's Menstrual Water": copper mirror nose, blood closure in the obstruction of the masses, and the extinction of pregnancy in the volvulus. It is also known as "hematochezia".

Metaphorically speaking, it refers to a strong and enthusiastic temperament.

The eighth episode of The Legend of Heroes of Children and Daughters:

To say that he has this kind of heart and this kind of behavior, let a man of blood not be able to do it.

Adjective used as the same ancestor. From Yang Xiong's Taixuan-Xuanwu>: Pro attached to the sparsity, cut off the blood. As "lineage"; "blood relatives"; "bloodline".

Refers to red, a color like blood. Li Chaowei's Liu Yi Biography: In Russia, there was a red dragon more than a thousand feet long, with electric eyes and bloody tongue, and vermilion scales and fiery iguanas.

Verb ancient literary used as kill; harm.? Ban Gu "seal yanran mountain inscription": chopping wen yu to provoke drums, blood corpse by to dye eg. "blood field".

Smeared with blood.

Dyed with blood. The Classic of Mountains and Seas - Nanshan Jing: (Lun the mountain) there is a wood ...... whose name is white, can be blood jade.

Worry; worry. Later, it was written as "恤". Zhou Yi - Small Animal": six four, have Fu, blood to go, vigilance out of no blame. Lu Deming quoted Ma Rong as saying: "Blood, as the shirt, worry also.

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xiě is pronounced with the same meaning as "blood (xuè)" and is mostly used in colloquial expressions. Used as "bloody", "chicken blood"