放血

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	blood
simp. and trad. (放血)		放	血

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fàngxuè, fàngxuě, fàngxiě

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ, ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ hyut³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pàng-huih / pàng-hoeh

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fàngxuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fàngsyuè
  - Wade–Giles: fang⁴-hsüeh⁴
  - Yale: fàng-sywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqshiueh
  - Palladius: фансюэ (fansjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fàngxuě
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fàngsyuě
  - Wade–Giles: fang⁴-hsüeh³
  - Yale: fàng-sywě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqsheue
  - Palladius: фансюэ (fansjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fàngxiě
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fàngsiě
  - Wade–Giles: fang⁴-hsieh³
  - Yale: fàng-syě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqshiee
  - Palladius: фансе (fanse)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong³ hyut³
  - Yale: fong hyut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ hyt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong³ hüd³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ hyːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-huih
  - Tâi-lô: pàng-huih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: parnghuiq
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huiʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Taipei): /paŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ huiʔ³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ huiʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-hoeh
  - Tâi-lô: pàng-hueh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: parnghoeq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ hueʔ³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hueʔ³²/

Verb

放血

(medicine) to let blood; to phlebotomize
(colloquial) to make someone bleed
(colloquial, figurative) to sell at reduced prices (even if there is nil profit)
(colloquial, figurative) to pay money; to lose money
(Southern Min) to have or pass blood in one's excrement
(Quanzhou Hokkien) to spend money or time

Synonyms

(to have or pass blood): 便血 (biànxuè)