jyu2 hyut3瘀血
Jyutpingjyu2 hyut3
Yaleyú hyut
Definition
Bruise, blood clot, or blood stasis left inside the body.
colloquialbodyhealth
How it's used
Refers specifically to the dark, discolored patch under the skin resulting from an injury, rather than a medical condition involving internal organ bleeding. It is frequently used to describe the visual appearance of a bruise. People often use it interchangeably with 瘀傷, though 瘀血 emphasizes the clotted blood aspect.
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gau6嚿gauhExamples
There is still a bruise where you bumped your leg.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe internal medical hemorrhaging, as it sounds like you are talking about a simple skin bruise. For serious internal bleeding, use terms like 內出血 instead.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
