換血

Chinese

		change; exchange	blood
trad. (換血)		換	血
simp. (换血)		换	血

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huànxuè, huànxuě, huànxiě

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ, ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ hyut³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ōaⁿ-huih / ōaⁿ-hoeh

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huànxuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huànsyuè
  - Wade–Giles: huan⁴-hsüeh⁴
  - Yale: hwàn-sywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannshiueh
  - Palladius: хуаньсюэ (xuanʹsjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huànxuě
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huànsyuě
  - Wade–Giles: huan⁴-hsüeh³
  - Yale: hwàn-sywě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannsheue
  - Palladius: хуаньсюэ (xuanʹsjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huànxiě
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huànsiě
  - Wade–Giles: huan⁴-hsieh³
  - Yale: hwàn-syě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannshiee
  - Palladius: хуаньсе (xuanʹse)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wun⁶ hyut³
  - Yale: wuhn hyut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ hyt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ hüd³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² hyːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōaⁿ-huih
  - Tâi-lô: uānn-huih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: voaxhuiq
  - IPA (Taipei): /uã³³⁻¹¹ huiʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uã⁴¹⁻²² huiʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /uã²²⁻²¹ huiʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōaⁿ-hoeh
  - Tâi-lô: uānn-hueh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: voaxhoeq
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uã²²⁻²¹ hueʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uã³³⁻²¹ hueʔ³²/

Verb

換血

to have a blood transfusion
(figuratively) to reorganise by introducing fresh personnel or content; to get a shake-up
高層頻繁換血／高层频繁换血 ― gāocéng pínfán huànxuè ― high turnover rate in upper management