尿

niào

noun HSK 7 #1,535

Meanings

1 urine
2 to urinate

Characters

urine; to urinate

Examples

孩子想尿尿。

Háizi xiǎng niàoniào.

The child needs to pee.

医生让他去做尿检。

Yīshēng ràng tā qù zuò niàojiǎn.

The doctor asked him to take a urine test.

Tips

usage

尿 can be both a noun (urine) and a verb (to urinate). The reduplicated form 尿尿 (niàoniào) is a casual/childish way to say "to pee".

mistakes

As a noun it is read niào. In some dialects and colloquial speech the reading suī exists but is non-standard in Mandarin.

Stroke Order

尿 niào