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血腥

血腥

Chinese

		blood	fishy (smell)
simp. and trad. (血腥)		血	腥

Adjective

血腥

bloody, gory, full of bloodshed

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xuèxīng, xuěxīng, xiěxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄥ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄥ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ seng¹
Min Nan (POJ): hiat-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuèxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehshing
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuěxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheueshing
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiěxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieeshing
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hyut³ seng¹
  - Yale: hyut sēng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ seng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ sɛːŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiat-seng
  - Tâi-lô: hiat-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiatsefng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/