Chinese symbol for “bloodthirsty”
嗜血
shì xuè
bloodthirsty; bloodsucking; hemophile
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bloodthirsty is 嗜血 (shì xuè), defined as: bloodthirsty; bloodsucking; hemophile.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “bloodthirsty”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嗜杀成性 (嗜殺成性) | shì shā chéng xìng | bloodthirsty |
| 嗜杀 (嗜殺) | shì shā | to delight in killing; bloodthirsty |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 嗜血.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嗜好 | shì hào | hobby; indulgence; habit; addiction |
| 嗜酒如命 | shì jiǔ rú mìng | to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle |
| 嗜欲 (嗜慾) | shì yù | lust |
| 嗜杀成性 (嗜殺成性) | shì shā chéng xìng | bloodthirsty |
| 嗜杀 (嗜殺) | shì shā | to delight in killing; bloodthirsty |
| 血液 | xuè yè | blood; (fig.) lifeblood |
| 血腥 | xuè xīng | reeking of blood; bloody (events) |
| 流血 | liú xuè | to bleed; to shed blood |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bloodthirsty”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.