The pronunciation of "blood" is: [xuè], which is mostly used in written language and phrases. Another pronunciation of "blood" [xiě] is mostly used in spoken language and is used alone.

Pronunciation and usage:

The word "blood" has Wenbai. The second reading: the first reading is xuèㄒㄩㄝˋ (文), which is used as a written pronunciation; the first reading is xiě ㄒㄧㄝ ˇ (白), used as a spoken pronunciation. However, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between written and spoken language. If we distinguish based on the usage of the word "blood", it will be easier to master.

"Blood" is used in compound words and idioms. It is a written usage and should be pronounced as xuè. Such as: blood, blood vessels, blood sweat, bloodstains, murder, blood money, blood, blood color, blood debt, blood transfusion, anemia, heart blood, congestion, hot blood, blood bath, platelets, vampire, hybrid, cerebral hemorrhage, blood feud, blood flow, broken head Flow, dog blood nozzle, flesh and blood.

"Blood" is used alone or in phrases (phrases). It is a spoken language and should be pronounced as xiě. Such as: spitting out a mouthful of blood, the lesson of blood, the price of blood, red as blood (the above are used alone), blood pus, blood clots, blood spots, chicken blood, pig blood, selling blood, donating blood, blood testing, blood drawing (The above are all two-syllable phrases, and they are not listed as entries in Mandarin dictionaries).

Of course, there are exceptions. That is a few spoken words, such as "vomit (tù) blood, let blood, cough (kǎ) blood, faint (yùn) blood, blood transfusion, blood in stool, bleeding (dialect), bloody paste, bloody" and the idiom "hit the nail on the head" "Blood" should be pronounced as xiě. Among the idioms containing the word "blood" in the dictionary, only the word "blood" that "hits the nail on the head" is notated as "xiě", and the rest are pronounced as xuè.

The reason is probably because the idiom "hit the nail on the head" comes from the spoken language of the masses. Remember the special cases. As long as you master the usage of the word "blood" in other situations, you will also master its pronunciation. In addition, blood does not have the pronunciation of "xuě". Extended information

1. Definition:

[xiě]

(1) [oral]: the spoken pronunciation of "blood" (xuè) (mostly used singly) ).

For example: chicken blood; blood clots; Xue Lili (bloody); Xue Fu Ling La (bloody paste. Bloody); Xue Hutong (Blood Lake. A bloody road cut through the crowd) ; Xue Mu Tu (bleeding a lot, like porridge); Xue Lu Lu (blood dripping); Blood Heart (loyalty; enthusiasm); the lesson of blood; it doesn’t matter if you shed a little blood

(2) See also xuè

[xuè]

(1) (Referring to something. The shape of the small seal character is from the vessel, and "one" resembles the shape of blood. It means that the vessel is filled with blood. Original meaning: sacrifice blood , for sacrificial purposes)

(2) Same as the original meaning. Later, it generally refers to blood, the blood of the animals recommended for sacrifice. ——"Shuowen" Another example: dog blood sprinkler; anemia; painstaking efforts; painstaking efforts; relationship with the sea of ??blood (a very important responsibility); blood reflecting the robe (a metaphor for fierce battle); flesh and blood trampling (dead bodies blocking the road, only small steps can be taken) (Slow movement)

(3) Refers to women’s menstruation: Today it is common for those who are pregnant for seven or eight months to give birth to a child, but the bleeding stops. ——Zhang Jiebin's "The Complete Book of Jingyue"; another example: blood (women's menstrual blood); menstrual blood; hemorrhage (excessive menstrual bleeding)

(4) Tears of grief: I cry for my beloved son, and the sunset is a thousand journeys Blood. ——Tang·Gu Kuang's "Shangzi"; another example: Blood and Tears

(5) Blood: both Qi and blood move. ——Tang Dynasty Li Chaowei's "The Biography of Liu Yi"

(6) Smear it with blood: The soldiers can be killed without bloodshed. ——"Book of Han"; Another example: blood blade (blood stained knife edge. It means killing); blood clothes (clothes stained with blood); blood flowers (splattered blood); blood spots, blood traces (like blood stains)

(7) Kill, kill: wield a straight blade to bleed the evil one. ——Tang Dynasty Shen Guang's "Li Bai Restaurant"; another example: bloody (describing violent and brutal fighting or massacre); blood field (referring to the battlefield); blood ditch (strip-shaped bleeding wounds)

(9) Refers to close relatives who are related by blood. It also refers to blood relationship and lineage: close ties and sparse ties, cutting off blood. ——Han Yang Xiong's "Tai Xuan"; another example: blood uncle (uncle by direct biological relationship); blood Zhou (descendant); blood Yin (descendants of the same bloodline; still bloodline); blood heir (referring to descendants); blood genus (blood relative)

(10) Yu Chicheng.

(11) Yu red: the cuckoo is brilliant, the blood is dazzling.

——"Xu Xiake's Travels"

2. Word group:

[xiě]

(1) Blood [xuè yè] The opaque flow in the heart and blood vessels A viscous red liquid. The main components are plasma, blood cells and platelets. It has the functions of nourishing tissues, regulating organ activity and defending against harmful substances. Blood accounts for approximately one-third of an adult's body weight.

(2) Bloody [dié xuè] Blood flowed everywhere (many people were killed).

(3) Iron-blooded [ tiě xuè ] attribute word. Refers to a young person with a strong will and a spirit of sacrifice. ~Man.

[xuè]

(1) Hemoptysis [kǎ xiě] Bleeding from the throat or respiratory tract below the throat is discharged through the mouth. The spitted blood is bright red and often frothy. Seen in tuberculosis, pneumonia, bronchiectasis, lung cancer and other diseases or chest trauma. Also said to cough up blood.

(2) Vomiting blood [tù xiě] Vomiting visceral bleeding from the mouth. See〖hemoptysis〗

(3) bloody [xiě lín lín] describes the appearance of blood flowing continuously. Metaphor of harsh or cruel: ~ fact. ~ Lessons.