腹泻

腹瀉

fùxiè

noun HSK 7-9 #16,583

Meanings

1 diarrhea

Characters

to flow out rapidly; to drain

Examples

吃了不干净的东西，他腹泻了一整天。

Chī le bù gānjìng de dōngxi, tā fùxiè le yīzhěngtiān.

After eating something unclean, he had diarrhea all day.

腹泻的时候要多喝水。

Fùxiè de shíhou yào duō hē shuǐ.

You should drink plenty of water when you have diarrhea.

Tips

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This is the formal/medical term. In casual speech, people more commonly say 拉肚子 - 'to have a stomachache/diarrhea.'

Stroke Order

腹 fù

泻 xiè