เลือด
blood
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- 1 blood
- 2 descent、blood relation、ancestry
- 3 inborn character、inherited spirit、natural talent
This word primarily means the blood that circulates through the body. By extension, it can also refer to family or ethnic descent and to an inherited or deeply rooted character or talent.
blood
The red fluid that circulates through a person’s or animal’s body, used in both everyday and medical contexts.
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เลือดออก lʉ̂at ɔ̀ɔk to bleed เลือดออก details
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เขาเสียเลือดมาก khǎw sǐa lʉ̂at mâak He lost a lot of blood. เขาเสียเลือดมาก details
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ไปตรวจเลือดที่โรงพยาบาล pay trùat lʉ̂at thîi rooŋphayaabaan I’m going to the hospital for a blood test. ไปตรวจเลือดที่โรงพยาบาล details
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บริจาคเลือด bɔɔrícàak lʉ̂at to donate blood บริจาคเลือด details
descent、blood relation、ancestry
Blood viewed as a connection passed down through parents and ancestors, referring to family lineage, biological kinship, or ethnic background.
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เขามีเลือดไทยและเลือดจีน khǎw mii lʉ̂at thay lɛ́ lʉ̂at ciin He is of both Thai and Chinese descent. เขามีเลือดไทยและเลือดจีน details
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พี่น้องร่วมสายเลือด phîi nɔ́ɔŋ rûam sǎay lʉ̂at biological siblings พี่น้องร่วมสายเลือด details
inborn character、inherited spirit、natural talent
A figurative sense in which a character trait, drive, or talent is imagined as being in someone’s blood and therefore natural or deeply rooted.
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เขามีเลือดนักสู้ khǎw mii lʉ̂at nák sûu He has a fighter’s spirit. เขามีเลือดนักสู้ details
Learning notes
Explanation
The core meaning of เลือด is the blood that circulates through the body. Common combinations include เลือดออก “to bleed,” เสียเลือด “to lose blood,” ตรวจเลือด “to have or perform a blood test,” and บริจาคเลือด “to donate blood.” Because blood is passed from parents to children, the word can also represent family lineage, biological kinship, or ethnic ancestry. สายเลือด, literally suggesting a continuing “line of blood,” is especially common when referring explicitly to a bloodline or family connection. The word also has a figurative sense similar to English expressions such as “in one’s blood.” It can describe a deeply rooted character, drive, or talent, especially in established patterns such as มีเลือดนักสู้ “to have a fighter’s spirit” and อยู่ในสายเลือด “to be in one’s blood.”
Usage
It is common in everyday and medical discussions of injuries, bleeding, blood tests, donation, and blood types. It is also used when discussing family or ethnic roots and when describing a fighting spirit, artistic talent, or another quality as natural and deeply ingrained.
Caution
In the figurative sense, เลือด cannot be freely combined with every skill or personality trait; it is best learned through natural patterns such as มีเลือดนักสู้ and อยู่ในสายเลือด. Describing ethnic identity in terms of “blood” may also sound sensitive or overly reductive in some contexts.
Differences from similar words
1 blood synonyms
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โลหิต also means “blood,” but it is more formal or literary and often appears in official terms and names. เลือด is the ordinary everyday word.
2 descent synonyms
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เชื้อสาย directly and fairly neutrally describes ancestral or ethnic origin. เลือด frames that origin metaphorically as blood inherited from one’s ancestors.