米血

Chinese

		rice; metre	blood
trad. (米血)		米	血
simp. #(米血)		米	血

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-huih

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-huih
    • Tâi-lô: bí-huih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'huiq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huiʔ³²/

Noun

米血

1. (Xiamen Hokkien) coagulated mixture of rice and blood from a slaughtered livestock or poultry (the blood of which is allowed to drip into a bowl or bucket filled with rice during the slaughter)
2. Short for 米血糕 (mǐxuègāo, “pig's blood cake”).

Synonyms

• (pig's blood cake):
  • 米血糕 (mǐxuègāo) (chiefly southern Taiwan)
  • 豬血粿／猪血粿 (Hokkien)
  • 豬血糕／猪血糕 (zhūxuègāo) (chiefly northern Taiwan)