血液

xuèyè

noun HSK 6 #2,124

Meanings

Blood fluid — the blood circulating in the body.

血液循环对健康非常重要。

Xuèyè xúnhuán duì jiànkāng fēicháng zhòngyào.

Blood circulation is very important for health.

他需要输血液。

Tā xūyào shūxuè yè.

He needs a blood transfusion.

创新是企业的血液。

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