血脈

Chinese

		blood	mountain range; pulse
trad. (血脈)		血	脈
simp. (血脉)		血	脉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuèmài, xuěmài, xiěmài

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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ mak⁶
• Northern Min (KCR): huăi-mà̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): huih-me̍h / huih-be̍h / hoeh-me̍eh / hoeh-me̍h / hiat-me̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huêh⁴ mêh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuèmài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuèmài
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-mai⁴
    • Yale: sywè-mài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehmay
    • Palladius: сюэмай (sjuemaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ maɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuěmài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄇㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuěmài
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-mai⁴
    • Yale: sywě-mài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuemay
    • Palladius: сюэмай (sjuemaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ maɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiěmài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siěmài
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh³-mai⁴
    • Yale: syě-mài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieemay
    • Palladius: семай (semaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ maɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyut³ mak⁶
    • Yale: hyut mahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ mak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ meg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ mɐk̚²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: huăi-mà̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuai²⁴ mɛ⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: huih-me̍h
    • Tâi-lô: huih-me̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huihmeh
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hui(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ mẽʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: huih-be̍h
    • Tâi-lô: huih-be̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huihbeh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui(ʔ)⁵ beʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoeh-me̍eh
    • Tâi-lô: hueh-me̍eh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ mɛ̃ʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoeh-me̍h
    • Tâi-lô: hueh-me̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoehmeh
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ mẽʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiat-me̍h
    • Tâi-lô: hiat-me̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiatmeh
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ mẽʔ⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huêh⁴ mêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hueh me̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hueʔ²⁻⁴ meʔ⁴/

Noun

血脈

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) blood vessels; blood circulation
2. blood relationship; blood lineage

Japanese

Kanji in this term
血	脈
けつ Grade: 3	みゃく Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

血(けつ)脈(みゃく) • (ketsumyaku) 

1. blood vessel, vein

   血脈(けつみゃく)に刻(きざ)まれた因縁(いんねん)に浮(う)き上(あ)がる消(き)えない誇(ほこ)りの絆握(きずなにぎ)りしめて

   ketsumyaku ni kizamareta innen ni ukiagaru kienai hokori no kizuna nigirishimete

   With destiny engraved in your blood vessels, take hold of these rising bonds of inextinguishable pride

   • 2013, “Bloody Stream”, performed by Coda: