血腥

Chinese

		blood	fishy (smell)
trad. (血腥)		血	腥
simp. ^#(血腥)		血	腥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuèxīng, xuěxīng, xiěxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄥ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄥ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ seng¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiat-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuèxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuèsing
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-hsing¹
  - Yale: sywè-syīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehshing
  - Palladius: сюэсин (sjuesin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuěxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuěsing
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-hsing¹
  - Yale: sywě-syīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheueshing
  - Palladius: сюэсин (sjuesin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiěxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siěsing
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh³-hsing¹
  - Yale: syě-syīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieeshing
  - Palladius: сесин (sesin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hyut³ seng¹
  - Yale: hyut sēng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ seng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ séng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ sɛːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiat-seng
  - Tâi-lô: hiat-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiatsefng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Adjective

血腥

bloody; gory; full of bloodshed

Noun

血腥

smell of blood; gore