niào

尿炕

Word · VerbTraditional尿

urine; to urinate

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to wet the bed; to urinate on the kang

informal

Specifically refers to urinating while asleep on a traditional Chinese heated brick bed (kang). Often used about children or in a humorous, informal context.

Zhè这
hái孩
zi子
wǎn晚
shàng上
yòu又
niào尿
kàng炕
le了
 。

The child wet the kang again last night.

Xiǎo小
shí时
hou候
niào尿
kàng炕
kě可
diū丢
rén人
le了
 。

Wetting the kang when I was little was really embarrassing.

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Bié别
ràng让
tā他
hē喝
tài太
duō多
shuǐ水
 ,
shěng省
dé得
niào尿
kàng炕
 。

Don't let him drink too much water, so he doesn't wet the bed.