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嗜血

嗜血

Chinese

		addicted to; fond of	blood
simp. and trad. (嗜血)		嗜	血

Adjective

嗜血

bloodthirsty; blood-sucking
hemophile

Derived terms

嗜血成性

嗜血桿菌／嗜血杆菌

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shìxuè, shìxuě, shìxiě

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄕˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ, ㄕˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ hyut³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: shìxuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhshiueh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: shìxuě
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhsheue
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: shìxiě
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhshiee
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si³ hyut³
  - Yale: si hyut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si³ hyt⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /siː³³ hyːt̚³/