血 xuè
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 血 — blood
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
血压
xuèyā
blood pressure
Characters in this word
压 yā
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 父亲每天早晨都会测量血压，并把结果记录下来。 Fùqīn měitiān zǎochén dōu huì cèliáng xuèyā, bìng bǎ jiéguǒ jìlù xiàlai. My father measures his blood pressure every morning and records the result.
- 医生给老人量了血压，说有点儿高。 Yīshēng gěi lǎorén liáng le xuèyā, shuō yǒudiǎnr gāo. The doctor took the old man's blood pressure and said it was a little high.
- 吃得太咸可能会让血压升高。 Chī de tài xián kěnéng huì ràng xuèyā shēnggāo. Eating food that is too salty may raise your blood pressure.
Related words
- 血 xuè blood
- 血管 xuèguǎn blood vessel
- 血型 xuèxíng blood type
- 血液 xuèyè blood
- 高血压 gāoxuèyā high blood pressure; hypertension
- 流血 liúxuè to shed blood; bloodshed
- 输血 shūxuè to transfuse blood; to provide vital support
- 鲜血 xiānxuè fresh blood; blood
- 心血 xīnxuè painstaking effort; hard work
- 血脉 xuèmài blood vessels; lineage
- 血缘 xuèyuán blood relationship; consanguinity
- 一针见血 yìzhēnjiànxiě to hit the nail on the head; incisive