泌尿

mìniào
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to urinate
  2. 2 urinary (medical attributive)

Examples

Tā qù kànle mìniào kē yīshēng.
He went to see a urologist.
Mìniào xìtǒng chūxiàn gǎnrǎn.
The urinary system has an infection.

Tips

usage
Almost always seen as part of medical compounds: 泌尿科 (mìniàokē, urology department), 泌尿系统 (mìniào xìtǒng, urinary system), 泌尿外科 (mìniào wàikē, urological surgery). On its own as a verb it's clinical and rare in everyday speech — 小便 (xiǎobiàn) is the common word.
mistakes
has two readings: mì (to secrete, as in 分泌 fēnmì 'to secrete') but bì in the place name (Bìyáng, in Henan). In 泌尿 it's always mì.

Stroke Order

尿 niào