遺溺 简体 遗溺

yí niào

Involuntary loss of urine · yi niao

Also rendered: Involuntary loss of urine (this site; literal and unambiguous) · Enuresis (clinical Latin; too narrow and too modern for this text)

Reviewed · 2026-09

At a glance

Pinyin
yí niào
Simplified
遗溺
Literal
遺溺 yí niào — losing urine without meaning to. 遺 is the same graph the Suwen uses for illness left behind after a fever, and the two senses are different; here it means simply to let go of, to lose control of. 溺 is the old graph for urine, read niào and not nì, and the site keeps it in the body of the text while noting the modern 尿 in the collation. Chapter 38 puts the word at the end of one of its eleven entries: when kidney cough does not end, the bladder takes it, and in bladder cough the person coughs and loses urine.
Shuowen
《說文解字》:遺,亡也——**本義為亡失**,**引申為遗留、殘餘**;**《說文解字》:溺,水名**——**本義為水名,**假借為「尿」(「尿」讀 niào),讀 niào**。「遺」讀 yí,**本篇2見**(遺失、遺溺)——**不作「遗」(「遗」)**;「溺」讀 niào,**本篇惟此一見**——**讀 niào,通「尿」,不作溺水之 nì 讀**;**與第三十七篇「癃溺血」之溺同字同讀**。**「遺」字本站有二義**:**此為失禁之遺(遺失、遺溺),與本站「遺」(#951,第三十一篇「諸遺者,熱甚而強食之,故有所遺也」之病後餘邪)同名異實**——**本站分立,不為混注**。

In brief

Losing urine involuntarily while coughing — the sign of bladder cough, which arises when a kidney cough has gone on long enough to pass into the palace paired with the kidney.

Senses in the classical corpus

1
What the graphs say 遺溺
遺,亡失也,讀 yí;溺通尿,讀 niào
欬而遺溺 — Suwen 38
2
As a symptom 遺溺
欬則小便失禁
膀胱欬狀,欬而遺溺 — Suwen 38
3
The palace that takes it 膀胱
腎欬不已,則膀胱受之
腎欬不已,則膀胱受之 — Suwen 38
4
Paired with 遺失 遺失
大腸欬遺其便,膀胱欬遺其溺,下二者的然可分
大腸欬狀,欬而遺失 — Suwen 38
5
Not the residual sense 遺
本站「遺」(#951)為病後餘邪之遺,與此失禁之遺義別
欬而遺溺 — Suwen 38
6
The reading of 溺 溺
溺通尿讀 niào,不讀溺水之 nì
欬而遺溺 — Suwen 38

Occurrences in the classics

Passages where the term does real work, with the original, pinyin and English on the same line.

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5 passages
Suwen 38 Suwen 38 · 欬論 Read in context →
腎欬不已,則膀胱受之;膀胱欬狀,欬而遺溺。 肾咳不已,则膀胱受之;膀胱咳状,咳而遗溺。
Shèn kài bù yǐ, zé páng guāng shòu zhī; páng guāng kài zhuàng, kài ér yí niào.
When kidney cough does not end, the bladder takes it; in bladder cough he coughs and loses urine.
**「腎欬不已,則膀胱受之;膀胱欬狀,欬而遺溺」十七字,是六府之欬的第五目**——**藏府相合之例於此最顯**:**腎與膀胱合,故腎欬不已則膀胱受之**;**與脾→胃、肝→膽、肺→大腸、心→小腸同例**。**「遺失」與「遺溺」二詞相對**:**大腸欬遺其便,膀胱欬遺其溺,下二者的然可分**。**「膀胱」二字**:「膀」讀 páng/「胱」讀 guāng,**讀 páng guāng**;**「溺」(「溺」讀 niào)通「尿」,讀 niào**——**與第三十七篇「癃溺血」之溺同字同讀**。**「遺」(「遺」讀 yí)本篇2見**,**皆作失禁解,與本站「遺」(#951,病後餘邪)之義別**。**六府之欬惟三焦無所配之藏**——**前五府皆由五藏之欬移來,三焦則曰「久欬不已」**。
素問·刺腰痛 Suwen 41 · 刺腰痛 Read in context →
解脉,令人腰痛,痛引肩,目䀮䀮然,時遺溲,剌解脉,在膝筋肉分間郄外廉之横脉出血,血變而止。 解脉,令人腰痛,痛引肩,目䀮䀮然,时遗溲,刺解脉,在膝筋肉分间郄外廉之横脉出血,血变而止。
Jiě mài, lìng rén yāo tòng, tòng yǐn jiān, mù huāng huāng rán, shí yí sōu, cì jiě mài, zài xī jīn ròu fēn jiān xì wài lián zhī héng mài chū xuè, xuè biàn ér zhǐ.
The jie vessel gives pain in the lower back that draws into the shoulder; the eyes go dim and blank, and the patient passes urine unawares. Needle the jie vessel: let blood from the transverse vessel at the division of sinew and flesh at the knee, on the outer edge of the cleft, and stop when the blood changes colour.
**「時遺溲」——本篇言遺溺者二,皆作「遺溲」,不作「遺溺」**:**一在解脉之條(時遺溲),一在散脉之條(甚則遺溲)**。「遺」讀 yí**本篇2見**;「溲」讀 sōu**小便也,與「溺」讀 niào同指而字異**。**與第三十八篇「欬而遺溺」同實而字異**:**彼因欬而遺,此因脉病而遺**——**一在膀胱欬,一在解脉與散脉**。
素問·痺論 Suwen 43 · 痺論 Read in context →
淫氣喘息,痺聚在肺;淫氣憂思,痺聚在心;淫氣遺溺,痺聚在腎;淫氣乏竭,痺聚在肝;淫氣肌絶,痺聚在脾。 淫气喘息,痹聚在肺;淫气忧思,痹聚在心;淫气遗溺,痹聚在肾;淫气乏竭,痹聚在肝;淫气肌绝,痹聚在脾。
Yín qì chuǎn xī, bì jù zài fèi; yín qì yōu sī, bì jù zài xīn; yín qì yí niào, bì jù zài shèn; yín qì fá jié, bì jù zài gān; yín qì jī jué, bì jù zài pí.
When the errant qi shows itself as panting, the obstruction gathers in the lung; as worry and thought, in the heart; as bed-wetting, in the kidney; as exhaustion, in the liver; as wasting of the flesh, in the spleen.
「淫氣遺溺,痺聚在腎」——「遺」讀 yí、「溺」讀 niào,**遺溺讀 yí niào,小便不禁也**;**本篇「遺」1見、「溺」1見,皆惟此一見**。**腎合骨、開竅於二陰,故遺溺則痺聚在腎**——**是本目得名之處,故特為拈出**。
素問·刺禁論 Suwen 52 · 刺禁論 Read in context →
刺陰股下三寸,内陷,令人遺溺。 刺阴股下三寸,内陷,令人遗溺。
Cì yīn gǔ xià sān cùn, nèi xiàn, lìng rén yí niào.
To needle three cun below the inner thigh and sink inward: involuntary urination.
「刺陰股下三寸,内陷,令人「遺」讀 yí「溺」讀 niào」——**本篇「遺溺」1見,讀 yí niào**;「溺」讀 niào、**本篇2見,溺卽尿,讀 niào**;「股」讀 gǔ、**本篇2見,讀 gǔ**;「寸」讀 cùn、**本篇1見**;**内陷而及於膀胱,故遺溺;本篇「内陷」7見,參 id 1398「内陷」**。
素問·骨空論 Suwen 60 · 骨空論 Read in context →
其女子不孕,癃痔、遺溺、嗌乾。 其女子不孕,癃痔、遗溺、嗌干。
Qí nǚ zǐ bù yùn, lóng zhì, yí niào, yì gān.
In women it gives infertility; dribbling blockage and piles, loss of urine, and dryness of the throat.
「其女子不孕,癃痔、「遺」讀 yí「溺」讀 niào、嗌乾」——**遺溺者,小便不禁;本目第三十八篇以咳而遺溺為膀胱咳之證,本篇則為督脉之病**;**「溺」讀 niào,同「尿」,本篇2見(溺孔、遺溺)**;**「遺」此在「遺溺」一詞之内,故 id 951「遺」不掛**

Compounds built on this term

遺溺
yí niào
involuntary loss of urine
膀胱欬之狀
遺失
yí shī
involuntary loss of stool
大腸欬之狀,《太素》作「遺矢」,矢通屎
膀胱欬
páng guāng kài
bladder cough
六府之欬其五
欬而遺溺
kài ér yí niào
coughing and losing urine
本篇之文

How it has been translated

Every rendering below is a decision about which reader is being addressed. There is no neutral option.

This siteinvoluntary loss of urine遺溺 is a symptom of a cough, not a disease name of its own
Unschuldinvoluntary discharge of urinerenders the bladder cough line as 'cough with involuntary discharge of urine'
Wiseman[involuntary] discharge of urinebrackets the word to mark that the text assumes it

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