# 尿

| 尿 | U+5C3F, &#23615; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C3F |
| ← 尾 [U+5C3E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 局 → [U+5C40] |
| 尿 | U+F9BD, &#63933; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9BD |
| ← 寮 [U+F9BC] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 料 → [U+F9BE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

尿 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸水 (SE), four-corner 7723$_2$, composition ⿸尸水)

#### Derived characters

* 㳮 (also its variant form)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 300, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7651
* Dae Jaweon: page 596, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 966, character 15
* Unihan data for U+5C3F
* Unihan data for U+F9BD

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 尿 :
| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script |
Pictogram (象形) in the oracle bone script - an urinating man. In the seal script, it became an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 尾 (“tail”) + 水 (“water”). 尾 later simplified into 尸 (“body”).

### Etymology 1

Related to Proto-Tai *niəwᴮ (“urine”) (Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): niào (niao$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyiao$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): нё (ni͡o, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): niu$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): niau$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): nyieu$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngiau
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiau$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): niau$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): niāu
* Eastern Min (BUC): niêu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): liō / jiō / giō / liǒ / niāu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): rio$^7$ / riê$^7$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$gniau / $^3$gniau
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nyiau$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: niào
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: niào
*** Wade–Giles: niao$^4$
*** Yale: nyàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niaw
*** Palladius: няо (njao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nyiao$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: niao
*** Sinological IPA : /nʲiau²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: нё (ni͡o, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /niɔː⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: niu$^6$
*** Yale: niuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: niu$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: niu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /niːu̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: niau$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ⁿdiau³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: nyieu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /n̠ʲiɛu¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiau
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngiau
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngiau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯au̯⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ngiau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋiau⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: niau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /niau⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: niāu
*** Sinological IPA : /niau⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: niêu
*** Sinological IPA : /nˡiɛu²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Hsinchu, Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liō
*** Tâi-lô: liō
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lioi
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lio⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lio³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen): /lio²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Sanxia, Yilan, Magong, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiō
*** Tâi-lô: jiō
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jioi
*** IPA (Yilan): /d͡zio³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Singapore): /d͡zio²²/
*** IPA (Tainan): /d͡ziɤ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziɤ³³/
** (Hokkien: Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giō
*** Tâi-lô: giō
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gioi
** (Hokkien: Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liǒ
*** Tâi-lô: liǒ
*** IPA (Lukang): /lio³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niāu
*** Tâi-lô: niāu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: niau
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /niãu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /niãu³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /niãu²²/
* liō/jiō/giō/liǒ - colloquial;
* niāu - literary.
* Middle Chinese: newH
Rime :
| Character | 尿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 泥 (8) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 奴弔切 |
| Baxter | newH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /neu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /neu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /neu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /nɛw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /neu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /nieu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /nieu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | niào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | niu$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kə.nˤewk-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*neːwɢs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 尿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | niào |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ new$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*kə.nˁewk-s/ |
| English | urine |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 尿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9517 |
| Phonetic component | 尿 |
| Rime group | 豹 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 尿 |
| Old Chinese | /*neːwɢs/ |
| Notes | 漢書作溺 |

#### Definitions

尿
* urine (Classifier: 泡 m; 篤／笃 c)
* to urinate; to pee
* (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) to pay attention to someone
* (dialectal Mandarin) to yield to; to give up; to admit defeat
* (Tianjin Mandarin) to fear; to be afraid of (the other party in a fight)
* (Tianjin Mandarin) to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be cowardly
* (Tianjin Mandarin) courage; guts
* (Ürümqi Mandarin) smug; cocky; pleased with oneself

#### Synonyms

* (urine): 小便 (xiǎobiàn); (Wu, dated) 小溲
* (to urinate):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 溺, 旋, 小遺 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小便, 小解, 泌尿, 排尿, 尿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 撒尿, 尿尿, 解小手兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 撒尿, 小便, 尿尿, 上一號, 上小號 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 小便, 尿尿, 解小手兒, 放水 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 尿, 小便 childish |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 小便 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 解小手兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 尿尿, 解小手, 小便 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 尿尿 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 小便, 尿尿, 解小手兒, 放水 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 尿尿 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 尿尿 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 解小手, 解手, 尿尿, 消水, 小便 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 尿尿, 解小手, 小解, 小便 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 尿尿, 解手 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 尿尿, 消水 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 尿尿, 小便, 解小手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 屙尿, 解小手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 屙尿, 解小手, 打岔, 打小岔 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 屙尿, 解小手, 解小便, 解手, 放水 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 解小手, 撒尿 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 屙尿, 解小手, 解小便, 射尿 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 撒尿 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 尿尿, 出小恭, 解手, 方便, 小便 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 拆尿, 尿尿 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 撒尿, 尿尿 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 屙尿, 小便, 放輕 slang, 放水 slang, 放低二兩 slang |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 屙尿, 小便, 𭉝𭉝 childish, 屙𭉝𭉝 childish, 屙wee wee childish, 放水 slang, 放低二兩 slang, 揸水 slang, 交水費 slang, 擺柳 slang |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 屙尿, 小便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 屙尿, 放二兩 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Zhanjiang | 擺柳 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 屙尿 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 屙尿, 𭉝𭉝 childish |
| Gan | Nanchang | 屙尿, 解小手 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 屙尿 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 屙尿, 解小手 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 屙尿 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 屙尿, 屙注 childish |
| Hakka | Changting | 屙尿 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 屙尿 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 屙尿 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 屙尿 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 屙尿 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 屙尿 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 屙尿 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 屙尿 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 屙尿 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 屙尿 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 屙尿 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 尿尿 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𱚺尿 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 拉尿, 小解 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 放尿, 濺尿 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 放尿, 濺尿 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 放尿 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 放尿, 濺尿 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 放尿 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 放尿 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 放尿 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 放尿 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 放尿 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 放尿 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 放尿 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 放尿, 濺尿 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 放尿, 小便 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 放尿 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 放尿 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 放尿 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 放尿 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 放尿 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 放尿 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 放尿 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 放尿 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 放尿 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 放尿 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 放尿 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 拉尿 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 拉尿 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 拉尿 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 拉尿 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 拉尿 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 拉尿 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 拉尿 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 拉尿 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 屙尿 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 拆尿, 惹尿, 小便, 小解, 解小溲, 交水費, 唱歌 humorous, 噓噓 childish, 拆尿尿 childish, 惹尿尿 childish, 小溲 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 射尿 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 拆尿, 惹尿 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 惹尿 |
| Wu | Danyang | 渣尿 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 惹尿 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 惹尿 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 拉尿 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 射尿, 泡尿, 放尿 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 屙尿, 解小手 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 屙尿, 射尿, 解小手, 屙稀稀 childish |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 屙尿 |

#### Compounds

* 利尿 (lìniào)
* 利尿劑 / 利尿剂 (lìniàojì)
* 夜尿症 (yèniàozhèng)
* 導尿 / 导尿 (dǎoniào)
* 導尿管 / 导尿管 (dǎoniàoguǎn)
* 尿出子
* 尿嘧啶 (niàomìdìng)
* 尿囊
* 尿壺 / 尿壶 (niàohú)
* 尿失禁 (niàoshījìn)
* 尿尿
* 尿尿把把
* 尿崩症 (niàobēngzhèng)
* 尿布 (niàobù)
* 尿布疹 (niàobùzhěn)
* 尿床 (niàochuáng)
* 尿急 (niàojí)
* 尿毒症 (niàodúzhèng)
* 尿流屁滾 / 尿流屁滚
* 尿液 (niàoyè)
* 尿液篩檢 / 尿液筛检
* 屁滾尿流 / 屁滚尿流 (pìgǔnniàoliú)
* 尿炕 (niàokàng)
* 尿片 (niàopiàn)
* 尿療法 / 尿疗法 (niàoliáofǎ)
* 尿盆兒 / 尿盆儿
* 尿素 (niàosù)
* 尿肥
* 尿袋 (niàodài)
* 尿道 (niàodào)
* 尿道感染
* 尿道炎 (niàodàoyán)
* 尿酸 (niàosuān)
* 尿鱉 / 尿鳖
* 尿鱉子 / 尿鳖子
* 屎尿 (shǐniào)
* 屎滾尿流 / 屎滚尿流 (shǐgǔnniàoliú)
* 憋尿 (biēniào)
* 懶人多屎尿 / 懒人多屎尿 (laan5 jan4 do1 si2 niu6)
* 抗利尿素
* 排尿 (páiniào)
* 撒尿 (sāniào)
* 有尿小子
* 泌尿 (mìniào)
* 泌尿器 (mìniàoqì)
* 泌尿外科 (mìniào wàikē)
* 泌尿管 (mìniàoguǎn)
* 無尿症 / 无尿症
* 糖尿病 (tángniàobìng)
* 紙尿布 / 纸尿布
* 紙尿片 / 纸尿片 (zhǐniàopiàn)
* 紙尿褲 / 纸尿裤 (zhǐniàokù)
* 蛋白尿 (dànbáiniào)
* 血尿 (xuèniào)
* 輸尿管 / 输尿管 (shūniàoguǎn)
* 遺尿 / 遗尿 (yíniào)
* 頻尿 / 频尿 (pínniào)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): suī (sui$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi$^1$ / syu$^4$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sui$^1$ / su$^1$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$sy / $^1$syu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: suī
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: suei
*** Wade–Giles: sui$^1$
*** Yale: swēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suei
*** Palladius: суй (suj)
*** Sinological IPA : /su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seoi$^1$ / syu$^4$
*** Yale: sēui / syùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soey$^1$ / sy$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêu$^1$ / xu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵy̯⁵⁵/, /syː²¹/
* seoi1 - literary;
* syu4 - vernacular.

#### Definitions

尿
* (colloquial) urine
* (colloquial) to urinate; to pee
* (dialectal Mandarin) bad; spineless; poor; damned
* (Wuhan Mandarin) to fail; to break down
* (Wuhan Mandarin) ugly; plain-looking
* (Wuhan Mandarin) wantonly; arbitrarily; carelessly

#### See also

* (Mandarin) 噓噓／嘘嘘 (xūxū)
* (Cantonese) 殊殊 (syu4 syu4-2)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* urine

#### Readings

* Go-on: にょう (nyō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: じょう (jō)
* Kun: ゆまり (yumari, 尿)、ゆばり (yubari, 尿)、よばり (yobari)、いばり (ibari, 尿)、ばり (bari, 尿)、し (shi)、しし (shishi)、しい (shī)、しと (shito)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 尿
* ゆまり Grade: S
* kun'yomi
Compound of 湯 (yu, “warm water”) +‎ 放り (mari, “excretion”), the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 放(ま)る (maru, “to excrete”).
First cited to the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jɯ̟ma̠ɾʲi]

#### Noun

尿(ゆまり) • (yumari)
* [720–???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) urine

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 尿
* ゆばり Grade: S
* kun'yomi
/jumari/ → /jubari/
From 尿 (yumari). Bilabial nasal /m/ loses nasality, becoming /b/. Likely due to lexicalization of the term, and a loss of awareness of the origins of the mari portion.
First cited to the Wamyō Ruijushō of roughly 934 CE.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jɯ̟ba̠ɾʲi]

#### Noun

尿(ゆばり) • (yubari)
* [from 934] urine

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 尿
* いばり Grade: S
* kun'yomi
/jumari/ → /jubari/ → */jʉbari/ → /ibari/
Shift from 尿 (yubari).
Appears in a text from roughly 950 CE.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いばり [ìbárí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [iba̠ɾʲi]

#### Noun

尿(いばり) • (ibari)
* [from 950] urine

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 尿
* ばり Grade: S
* kun'yomi
Shortening of yubari or ibari.
First cited to the early 1300s.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ばり [báꜜrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ba̠ɾʲi]

#### Noun

尿(ばり) • (bari)
* [from early 1300s] urine

### Etymology 5

* Kanji in this term
* 尿
* しと Grade: S
* kun'yomi
Unknown. Possibly onomatopoeia.
First cited to the Utsubo Monogatari of roughly 999 CE.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕito̞]

#### Noun

尿(しと) • (shito)
* [999–???] (archaic) urine

### Etymology 6

* Kanji in this term
* 尿
* しし Grade: S
* kun'yomi
From baby talk, as a reduplication of the initial shi- in shito.
First cited to a text from the late Muromachi period (late 1500s).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕiɕi]

#### Noun

尿(しし) • (shishi)
* [late 1500s–???] (archaic, childish) urine

### Etymology 7

* Kanji in this term
* 尿
* しい Grade: S
* kun'yomi
/ɕito/ → /ɕi/ → /ɕiː/
From baby talk. From shito, formed by dropping the second syllable and lengthening the vowel.
/ɕiɕi/ → /ɕiːɕiː/ → /ɕiː/
Alternatively, from shishi, formed by lengthening the vowel and dropping the second syllable.
First cited to a text from the late 1700s.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕiː]

#### Noun

尿(しい) • (shī)
* [late 1700s–???] (archaic, childish) urine

### Etymology 8

* Kanji in this term
* 尿
* にょう Grade: S
* goon
* Alternative spelling
* 溺
/neu/ → /njoː/
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 尿 (MC newH, “urine”).
First cited to a text from 1275.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) にょー [nyóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɲ̟o̞ː]

#### Noun

尿(にょう) • (nyō)
* [from 1275] urine

### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 1 2 3 4 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 尿 (MC newH). Recorded as Middle Korean 뇨〯 (nyǒ) (Yale: nyo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 尿 (eumhun 오줌 뇨 (ojum nyo), word-initial (South Korea) 오줌 요 (ojum yo))
* hanja form of 뇨/요 (“urine”)

#### Compounds

* 노상 방뇨 (路上放尿, nosang bangnyo)
* 당뇨 (糖尿, dangnyo, “(disease) glycosuria”)
* 비뇨기과 (泌尿器科, binyogigwa, “urology”)
* 요도 (尿道, yodo, “(anatomy) urethra”)
* 요로 (尿路, yoro, “(anatomy) urinary tract”)
* 요석 (尿石, yoseok, “(medicine) urolith”)
* 요실금 (尿失禁, yosilgeum)
* 요의 (尿意, youi, “desire to urinate”)
* 요혈 (尿血, yohyeol, “(medicine) hematuria”)
* 잔뇨 (殘尿, jannyo, “(medicine) residual urine”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

尿: Hán Nôm readings: niếu, niệu
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