嘔血

Chinese

		vomit	blood
trad. (嘔血)		嘔	血
simp. (呕血)		呕	血

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ǒuxuè, ǒuxuě, ǒuxiě

(Zhuyin): ㄡˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄡˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ, ㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): au² hyut³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): áu-huih / áu-hoeh

(Teochew, Peng'im): ao² huêh⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ǒuxuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄡˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ǒusyuè
  - Wade–Giles: ou³-hsüeh⁴
  - Yale: ǒu-sywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ooushiueh
  - Palladius: оусюэ (ousjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ǒuxuě [Phonetic: óuxuě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄡˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ǒusyuě
  - Wade–Giles: ou³-hsüeh³
  - Yale: ǒu-sywě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: oousheue
  - Palladius: оусюэ (ousjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ǒuxiě [Phonetic: óuxiě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ǒusiě
  - Wade–Giles: ou³-hsieh³
  - Yale: ǒu-syě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ooushiee
  - Palladius: оусе (ouse)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: au² hyut³
  - Yale: áu hyut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: au² hyt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: eo² hüd³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐu̯³⁵ hyːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: áu-huih
  - Tâi-lô: áu-huih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: aw'huiq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /au⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huiʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: áu-hoeh
  - Tâi-lô: áu-hueh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: aw'hoeq
  - IPA (Tainan): /au⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hueʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /au⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hueʔ³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ao² huêh⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: áu hueh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /au⁵²⁻³⁵ hueʔ²/

Verb

嘔血

(medicine) to puke blood; to spit blood; to have hematemesis
(Cantonese, figurative) to be extremely angry or exhausted
做到嘔血／做到呕血 [Cantonese] ― zou⁶ dou³ au² hyut³ [Jyutping] ― to be exhausted because there is too much work to do

講到嘔血你都仲係唔聽！ [Cantonese, trad.]
讲到呕血你都仲系唔听！ [Cantonese, simp.]
gong² dou³ au² hyut³ nei⁵ dou¹ zung⁶ hai⁶ m⁴ teng¹! [Jyutping]
No matter how I say, you just won't listen!

班學生好曳，教到我嘔血。 [Cantonese, trad.]
班学生好曳，教到我呕血。 [Cantonese, simp.]
baan¹ hok⁶ saang¹ hou² jai¹, gaau³ dou³ ngo⁵ au² hyut³. [Jyutping]
The students were so naughty that I am exhausted for teaching them.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吐血 (“to vomit blood”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吐血, 嘔血
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	吐血
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	吐血
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	吐血
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嘔血
	Hong Kong	嘔血
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嘔血
Gan	Nanchang	吐血
Gan	Pingxiang	吐血
Hakka	Meixian	嘔血, 翻血
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	嘔血
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	嘔血, 翻血
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	嘔血
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	嘔血, 翻血
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	嘔血
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	吐血
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	嘔血
Southern Min	Xiamen	吐血, 呸血, 咯紅, 霂血
	Quanzhou	吐血, 呸血, 咯紅, 霂血
	Jinjiang	吐血, 呸血
	Zhangzhou	吐血, 呸血
	Tainan	嘔紅, 嘔血, 呸血, 咯血
	Singapore (Hokkien)	吐血
	Manila (Hokkien)	吐血, 呸血
	Shantou	嘔血, 吐血
	Leizhou	吐血
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嘔血, 吐血
Wu	Wenzhou	吐血
Xiang	Loudi	吐血

(to be extremely angry or exhausted): (Cantonese) 嘔電 / 呕电 (au² din⁶)