条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 间 間 jiàn gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 片子 piàn zi thin flake / small piece syn 薄饼 薄餅 báo bǐng thin flat cake / pancake / pizza 血型 xuè xíng blood group / blood type 切片 qiē piàn to slice / slice / thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination) syn 验血 驗血 yàn xuè to do a blood test / to have one's blood tested 骨肉 gǔ ròu blood relation / kin / one's flesh and blood syn 烟消云散 煙消雲散 yān xiāo yún sàn to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear syn 憔悴 qiáo cuì wan and sallow / thin and pallid / haggard / (of plants) withered syn 抽血 chōu xuè to take blood / to draw blood (e.g. for a test) 修长 修長 xiū cháng slender / lanky / tall and thin syn 瘦子 shòu zi thin person syn 瘦弱 shòu ruò thin and weak syn 稀薄 xī bó thin / rarefied syn 片儿 片兒 piān r sheet / thin film syn 充血 chōng xuè hyperemia (increase in blood flow) / blood congestion 高挑 gāo tiǎo raised high / (of a person) slender / tall and thin (Taiwan pr. [gao1tiao1]) syn 单薄 單薄 dān bó weak / frail / thin / flimsy syn 消瘦 xiāo shòu to waste away / to become thin syn 呕心沥血 嘔心瀝血 ǒu xīn lì xuè lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears syn 薄片 báo piàn thin slice / thin section / flake / Taiwan pr. [bo2 pian4] 缺血 quē xuè (of an organ) to have insufficient blood supply / (of a blood bank) to run low on blood supplies 血泪 血淚 xuè lèi tears of blood (symbol of extreme suffering) / blood and tears 稀粥 xī zhōu water gruel / thin porridge 淡薄 dàn bó thin / light / flagging / faint syn 粗细 粗細 cū xì thick and thin / coarse and fine / thickness (caliber) / coarseness / quality of work 细水长流 細水長流 xì shuǐ cháng liú lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little syn 扑空 撲空 pū kōng lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles syn 薄纸 薄紙 báo zhǐ thin paper (tissue paper, onionskin etc) 薄板 báo bǎn thin plate / sheet / lamina / Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3] 血族 xuè zú blood relations / one's own flesh and blood / kin 鲜血淋漓 鮮血淋漓 xiān xuè lín lí to be drenched with blood / dripping blood 内皮 內皮 nèi pí (med.) endothelium / thin skin on the inside of some fruits (e.g. oranges) 如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice syn 金针菇 金針菇 jīn zhēn gū enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white / abbr. to 金菇[jin1 gu1] 瘀血 yū xuè clotted blood / extravasated blood (leaking into surrounding tissue) / thrombosis 薄层 薄層 báo céng thin layer / thin slice / film / lamina / lamella 菲薄 fěi bó humble / meager / thin / to despise syn 脸皮薄 臉皮薄 liǎn pí báo thin-skinned / sensitive syn 片 piàn thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91 syn 瘦 shòu thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive syn 细 細 xì thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal syn 薄 báo thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile syn 瘀 yū hematoma (internal blood clot) / extravasated blood (spilt into surrounding tissue) / contusion 柴 chái firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person) syn 札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn 疏 shū to dredge / to clear away obstruction / thin / sparse / scanty / distant (relation) / not close / to neglect / negligent / to present a memorial to the Emperor / commentary / annotation syn 绢 絹 juàn thin, tough silk fabric 篾 miè the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum) / a thin bamboo strip 骨瘦如柴 gǔ shòu rú chái as thin as a match / emaciated (idiom) syn 绫 綾 líng damask / thin silk 薄脆 báo cuì crispy / thin and brittle / a crispy fried cracker 管见 管見 guǎn jiàn my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble) syn 隐血 隱血 yǐn xuè occult blood (in medicine, fecal blood from internal bleeding) syn 瘦客户机 瘦客戶机 shòu kè hù jī thin client 板胡 bǎn hú a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard 划子 huá zi rowboat / small boat / oar / paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc syn 筱 xiǎo dwarf bamboo / thin bamboo syn 缦 縵 màn plain thin silk / slow / unadorned 癯 qú thin / emaciated / worn / tired 亲 親 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear syn 血液 xuè yè blood / (fig.) lifeblood syn 流血 liú xuè to bleed / to shed blood syn 血压 血壓 xuè yā blood pressure 血统 血統 xuè tǒng blood relationship / lineage / parentage syn 鲜血 鮮血 xiān xuè blood 血腥 xuè xīng reeking of blood / bloody (events) syn 失血 shī xuè to lose blood / to hemorrhage / (fig.) to suffer losses (financial etc) 吸食 xī shí (of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw syn 心血 xīn xuè heart's blood / expenditure (for some project) / meticulous care syn 血清 xuè qīng serum / blood serum 热血 熱血 rè xuè hot blood / warm-blooded (animal) / endothermic (physiology) syn 沾满 沾滿 zhān mǎn muddy / covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc) / daubed in syn 高压 高壓 gāo yā (physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed / oppressive syn 血债 血債 xuè zhài debt of blood (after killing sb) syn 血流 xuè liú blood flow syn 输血 輸血 shū xuè to transfuse blood / to give aid and support 血脉 血脈 xuè mài blood vessels syn 血糖 xuè táng blood sugar 惨叫 慘叫 cǎn jiào to scream / blood-curdling screech / miserable shriek 献血 獻血 xiàn xuè to donate blood 血浆 血漿 xuè jiāng blood plasma 血泊 xuè pō pool of blood 高血压 高血壓 gāo xuè yā high blood pressure / hypertension 血淋淋 xuè lín lín dripping with blood / bloody (tragedy) syn 凝结 凝結 níng jié to condense / to solidify / to coagulate / clot (of blood) 白细胞 白細胞 bái xì bāo white blood cell / leukocyte 血块 血塊 xuè kuài blood clot 血栓 xuè shuān blood clot / thrombus 混血儿 混血兒 hùn xuè ér person of mixed blood syn 大动脉 大動脈 dà dòng mài main artery (blood vessel) / fig. main highway / arterial road syn 吐血 tù xiě to cough up blood / (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc) syn 一针见血 一針見血 yī zhēn jiàn xiě lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom) / fig. to hit the nail on the head syn 红细胞 紅細胞 hóng xì bāo erythrocyte / red blood cell 放血 fàng xuè to let blood (Chinese medicine) / to bleed / to stab sb (slang) 血细胞 血細胞 xuè xì bāo blood cell 苦练 苦練 kǔ liàn to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears 