歃血

Chinese

		drink	blood
trad. (歃血)		歃	血
simp. #(歃血)		歃	血
alternative forms		唼血 喢血

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàxuè, shàxuě, shàxiě

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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saap³ hyut³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sap-hiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàxuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàsyuè
    • Wade–Giles: sha⁴-hsüeh⁴
    • Yale: shà-sywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shahshiueh
    • Palladius: шасюэ (šasjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàxuě
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàsyuě
    • Wade–Giles: sha⁴-hsüeh³
    • Yale: shà-sywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shahsheue
    • Palladius: шасюэ (šasjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàxiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàsiě
    • Wade–Giles: sha⁴-hsieh³
    • Yale: shà-syě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shahshiee
    • Palladius: шасе (šase)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saap³ hyut³
    • Yale: saap hyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saap⁸ hyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sab³ hüd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːp̚³ hyːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sap-hiat
    • Tâi-lô: sap-hiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sap'hiad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sap̚³²⁻⁴ hiɛt̚³²/

Verb

歃血

1. (literary, historical) to smear one's mouth with the blood of a sacrificed animal (to show one's commitment when taking an oath)

Derived terms

• 歃血為盟／歃血为盟 (shàxuèwéiméng)
• 歃血為誓／歃血为誓
• 歃血而盟
• 開堂歃血／开堂歃血