失血

shīxuè
noun/verb #7,962

Meanings

  1. 1 blood loss; to lose blood
  2. 2 hemorrhage

Examples

Shāngzhě yīn dàliàng shīxuè bèi jǐnjí sòngwǎng yīyuàn.
The injured person was rushed to the hospital due to heavy blood loss.
Shīxuè guòduō huì yǒu shēngmìng wēixiǎn.
Excessive blood loss can be life-threatening.
Tā de liǎnsè cāngbái, kàn qǐlái xiàng shì shīxuè le.
His face was pale; he looked like he had lost blood.

Tips

usage
失血 is used in both medical and everyday contexts. 失血过多 (shīxuè guòduō, excessive blood loss) is a very common collocation. The character is pronounced xuè in formal/written contexts and xiě in colloquial speech.

Stroke Order

shī
xuè