尿 niào urine
urine; to urinate
How to remember 尿: 尸 corpse + 水 water = urine. The nurse, pale as a corpse after a night shift, tells the patient to drink more water and hands him a cup for his urine.
Component breakdown
尿 = 尸 corpse + 水 water
- 尸 corpse
- 水 water
The nurse, pale as a corpse after a night shift, tells the patient to drink more water and hands him a cup for his urine.
How it is used
- Urine / to urinate: 尿尿 (niào niào) to pee, 尿床 (niào chuáng) to wet the bed.
- In compounds like 糖尿病 (tángniàobìng, diabetes) it stays niào.
- Colloquial reading suī appears in 尿泡 and some dialect uses.