变异
biànyì
to mutate; variation
Characters in this word
异 yì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 廾 — two hands
- Made of
- 巳 snake 廾 two hands
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 病毒在传播过程中可能发生变异，从而影响疫苗的保护效果。 Bìngdú zài chuánbō guòchéng zhōng kěnéng fāshēng biànyì, cóng'ér yǐngxiǎng yìmiáo de bǎohù xiàoguǒ. A virus may mutate during transmission, thereby affecting the protective effect of a vaccine.
- 田里出现了一株变异的白色向日葵，和其他的都不一样。 Tián lǐ chūxiàn le yì zhū biànyì de báisè xiàngrìkuí, hé qítā de dōu bù yíyàng. A mutated white sunflower appeared in the field, different from all the others.
- 科学家正在研究这些细菌为什么会变异。 Kēxuéjiā zhèngzài yánjiū zhèxiē xìjūn wèishénme huì biànyì. Scientists are studying why these bacteria mutate.
Related words
- 变 biàn to change; to become
- 变成 biànchéng to turn into; to become
- 改变 gǎibiàn to change
- 变化 biànhuà change
- 变为 biànwéi to turn into
- 转变 zhuǎnbiàn to change; change
- 变动 biàndòng change
- 变质 biànzhì to go bad, to deteriorate
- 变革 biàngé to transform; transformation; reform
- 变更 biàngēng to change; to alter; change
- 变故 biàngù an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune
- 变换 biànhuàn to change; to transform; to vary