尿
niàoTraditional: 尿
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Translation
urine; to urinate
Word origin
An associative compound of 尸 (shī, body) over 水 (shuǐ, water), depicting water leaving the body.
- Origin
- ideograph
- Root
- 尸 (shī, body) + 水 (shuǐ, water)
Stroke order
尿
Examples
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The child has wet the bed again.
树泡。
The dog urinated under the tree.
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The doctor asked him to leave a urine sample.
憋，。
The little one could not hold his urine and rushed to the toilet.
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Drinking more water makes your urine clearer.
尿 (niào) means urine as a noun and to urinate as a verb. It is everyday, informal vocabulary common in family and medical contexts.
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