尿
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Meaning: to urinate
💡 Think 'knee-ow' as in 'I hit my knee, ow, and now I need to pee.'
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Character Story & Explanation
尿 (niào) means 'urine' or 'to urinate'. It combines the radical 尸 (corpse/body) with 水 (water), literally 'body water'. In Chinese culture, bodily functions are discussed more directly than in Western polite society, but euphemisms like 小便 (xiǎobiàn) are common. The pronunciation suī is used colloquially for 'urine' in some dialects.
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