便血

biànxuè

noun

Meanings

便血可能是痔疮，也可能是更严重的病。

Biànxuè kěnéng shì zhìchuāng, yě kěnéng shì gèng yánzhòng de bìng.

Blood in stool could be hemorrhoids, or it could be something more serious.

他便血三天后才去医院。

Tā biànxuè sān tiān hòu cái qù yīyuàn.

He didn't go to the hospital until he'd had rectal bleeding for three days.

usage

便血 takes the formal medical reading xuè. The colloquial spoken pronunciation xiě of 血 is informal-only and not used in clinical or written contexts.

Neutral medical vocabulary — fine to use with doctors and family. Not crude.

便 biàn

血 xuè