補血

Chinese

		to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	blood
trad. (補血)		補	血
simp. (补血)		补	血

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǔxuè, bǔxuě, bǔxiě

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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² hyut³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó͘-huih / pó͘-hoeh / pó͘-hiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǔxuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǔsyuè
    • Wade–Giles: pu³-hsüeh⁴
    • Yale: bǔ-sywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buushiueh
    • Palladius: бусюэ (busjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǔxuě [Phonetic: búxuě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǔsyuě
    • Wade–Giles: pu³-hsüeh³
    • Yale: bǔ-sywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buusheue
    • Palladius: бусюэ (busjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǔxiě [Phonetic: búxiě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǔsiě
    • Wade–Giles: pu³-hsieh³
    • Yale: bǔ-syě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buushiee
    • Palladius: бусе (buse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² hyut³
    • Yale: bóu hyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² hyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² hüd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ hyːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó͘-huih
    • Tâi-lô: póo-huih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pofhuiq
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huiʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huiʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó͘-hoeh
    • Tâi-lô: póo-hueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pofhoeq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hueʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hueʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó͘-hiat
    • Tâi-lô: póo-hiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pofhiad
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɛt̚³²/

Verb

補⫽血 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (traditional Chinese medicine, folk belief) to enrich the blood