DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

上吐下瀉

简上吐下泻 · 繁上吐下瀉

Mandarin · pinyin shàng tù xià xiè

to vomit and have diarrhea

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

上: shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
吐: tǔ · vomit, spew out, cough up
下: xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
瀉: Look up this written character
泻: xiè · drain off, leak; flow, pour down

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–4–4–4 · shang4 tu4 xia4 xie4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

上吐下瀉 · find source passages ↗ · 上吐下泻 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 2 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

soeng6 tou3 haa6 se3

Cantonese word readings for 上吐下瀉. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

phrase

(medicine) to suffer from both vomiting and diarrhoea

noun

(Wuhu Mandarin) cholera

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack