脓液

膿液

nóngyè

noun

Meanings

1 pus

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

伤口里有脓液，需要清理。

Shāngkǒu lǐ yǒu nóngyè, xūyào qīnglǐ.

There's pus in the wound - it needs to be cleaned out.

HSK 7-9

医生取了一些脓液送去化验。

Yīshēng qǔ le yīxiē nóngyè sòng qù huàyàn.

The doctor took some pus to send for testing.

Tips

register

Medical/clinical term. In casual speech 脓 alone (or 化脓 'to fester') is more common; 脓液 specifically denotes the fluid as a substance, suitable for medical writing.

Stroke Order

脓 nóng

液 yè