血腥 meaning in English

xuèxīng

reeking of blood; bloody (events)

19 strokes

Meaning of 血腥

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xuèxīng
  1. reeking of blood
  2. bloody (events)

血腥 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

因yīn为wèi他tā认rèn为wéi美měi剧jù镜jìng头tóu很hěn血xuè腥xīng,所suǒ以yǐ他tā不bù喜xǐ欢huān看kàn美měi剧jù。
Because American dramas are very bloody, he doesn't like watching them.

Stroke order for each character

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血 xiě · blood · 6 strokes

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腥 xīng · fishy · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 血腥.

血液xuèyèblood; (fig.) lifeblood
血管xuèguǎnvein; artery
流血liúxuèto bleed; to shed blood
鲜血xiānxuèblood
出血chūxiěto bleed; bleeding; (fig.) to spend money in large amounts
血压xuèyāblood pressure
心血xīnxuèheart's blood; expenditure (for some project)
止血zhǐxuèto staunch (bleeding); hemostatic (drug)
血脉xuèmàiblood vessels
输血shūxuèto transfuse blood; to give aid and support
高血压gāoxuèyāhigh blood pressure; hypertension
血缘xuèyuánbloodline

Questions about 血腥

What does 血腥 mean?

血腥 (xuèxīng) means "reeking of blood; bloody (events)".

How do you write 血腥?

血腥 is made of 2 characters: 血 (6 strokes), 腥 (13 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.