血液 (xuèyè): blood (the fluid)

Meanings

Blood fluid — the blood circulating in the body.

Xuèyè xúnhuán duì jiànkāng fēicháng zhòngyào.

Blood circulation is very important for health.

Tā xūyào shū xuèyè.

He needs a blood transfusion.

Chuàngxīn shì qǐyè de xuèyè.

Innovation is the lifeblood of a business.

usage

血 has two pronunciations: xuè (formal, in compounds like 血液, 血管) and xiě (colloquial, as in 流血 liú xiě 'to bleed'). In medical terms, always xuè.

血 xuè

液 yè