血脈

Chinese

		blood	mountain range; pulse
trad. (血脈)		血	脈
simp. (血脉)		血	脉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuèmài, xuěmài, xiěmài

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄞˋ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄇㄞˋ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ mak⁶
Hakka (Changting, Changting Pinyin): fe² ma²
Northern Min (KCR): huăi-mà̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): huih-me̍h / huih-be̍h / hoeh-me̍eh / hoeh-me̍h / hiat-me̍h

(Teochew, Peng'im): huêh⁴ mêh⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuèmài
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuèmài
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-mai⁴
  - Yale: sywè-mài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehmay
  - Palladius: сюэмай (sjuemaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ maɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuěmài
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄇㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuěmài
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-mai⁴
  - Yale: sywě-mài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuemay
  - Palladius: сюэмай (sjuemaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ maɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiěmài
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siěmài
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh³-mai⁴
  - Yale: syě-mài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieemay
  - Palladius: семай (semaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ maɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hyut³ mak⁶
  - Yale: hyut mahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ mak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ meg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ mɐk̚²/
Hakka
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: fe² ma²
  - Sinological IPA: /fe²⁴ ma²⁴/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: huăi-mà̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuai²⁴ mɛ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: huih-me̍h
  - Tâi-lô: huih-me̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huihmeh
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hui(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ mẽʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: huih-be̍h
  - Tâi-lô: huih-be̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huihbeh
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui(ʔ)⁵ beʔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoeh-me̍eh
  - Tâi-lô: hueh-me̍eh
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ mɛ̃ʔ¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoeh-me̍h
  - Tâi-lô: hueh-me̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoehmeh
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ mẽʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiat-me̍h
  - Tâi-lô: hiat-me̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiatmeh
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ mẽʔ⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huêh⁴ mêh⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hueh me̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hueʔ²⁻⁴ meʔ⁴/

Noun

血脈

(traditional Chinese medicine) blood vessels; blood circulation
blood relationship; blood lineage

Derived terms

血脈根 / 血脉根
血脈筋 / 血脉筋
血脈親 / 血脉亲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
血	脈
けつ Grade: 3	みゃく Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

血(けつ)脈(みゃく) • (ketsumyaku)

blood vessel, vein
血脈(けつみゃく)に刻(きざ)まれた因縁(いんねん)に浮(う)き上(あ)がる消(き)えない誇(ほこ)りの絆握(きずなにぎ)りしめて
ketsumyaku ni kizamareta innen ni ukiagaru kienai hokori no kizuna nigirishimete
With destiny engraved in your blood vessels, take hold of these rising bonds of inextinguishable pride
- 2013, “Bloody Stream”, performed by Coda: