唾 tuò
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
唾液
tuòyè
saliva
Characters in this word
液 yè
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 夜 night, dark
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 医生通过检测唾液中的激素水平，评估患者长期压力的变化。 Yīshēng tōngguò jiǎncè tuòyè zhōng de jīsù shuǐpíng, pínggū huànzhě chángqī yālì de biànhuà. Doctors assess changes in a patient's long-term stress by testing hormone levels in saliva.
- 紧张的时候，唾液分泌减少，所以会觉得口干。 Jǐnzhāng de shíhou, tuòyè fēnmì jiǎnshǎo, suǒyǐ huì juéde kǒu gān. When you are nervous, saliva production decreases, so your mouth feels dry.
- 婴儿长牙时喜欢流口水，唾液比平时多。 Yīng'ér zhǎng yá shí xǐhuan liú kǒushuǐ, tuòyè bǐ píngshí duō. When babies are teething they drool, producing more saliva than usual.
Related words
- 唾弃 tuòqì to spurn; to reject with contempt
- 血液 xuèyè blood
- 液体 yètǐ liquid
- 输液 shūyè to receive an intravenous infusion; to give an IV drip
- 液晶 yèjīng liquid crystal; LCD
- 鲜血 xiānxuè fresh blood; blood
- 痰 tán phlegm; sputum
- 肿瘤 zhǒngliú tumour; neoplasm
- 咽 yàn to swallow
- 糖尿病 tángniàobìng diabetes
- 蛀牙 zhùyá tooth decay; decayed tooth; cavity
- 瞎 xiā blind; blindly; recklessly