血盟

Chinese

		blood	oath; pledge; union oath; pledge; union; to ally
simp. and trad. (血盟)		血	盟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuèméng, xuěméng, xiěméng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄥˊ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄇㄥˊ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuèméng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuèméng
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-mêng²
    • Yale: sywè-méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehmeng
    • Palladius: сюэмэн (sjuemɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ mɤŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuěméng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuěméng
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-mêng²
    • Yale: sywě-méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuemeng
    • Palladius: сюэмэн (sjuemɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɤŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiěméng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siěméng
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh³-mêng²
    • Yale: syě-méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieemeng
    • Palladius: семэн (semɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɤŋ³⁵/

Noun

血盟

1. (historical) blood-oath (an oath in which participants drank blood in order to seal a pact)

   勾踐乃使使號令齊、楚、秦、晉皆輔周室，血盟而去。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   勾践乃使使号令齐、楚、秦、晋皆辅周室，血盟而去。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: 吳越春秋

   Gōujiàn nǎi shǐ shǐ hàolìng Qí, Chǔ, Qín, Jìn jiē fǔ Zhōu shì, xuèméng ér qù. [Pinyin]

   Goujian then ordered the emissary to command Qi, Chu, Qin, and Jin to support the Zhou [royal] house, and they left after a blood-oath.