胚 pēi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 丕 great, grand, glorious, distinguished
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
胚胎
pēitāi
embryo; germ; rudimentary stage
Characters in this word
胎 tāi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 台 platform
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这项研究涉及早期胚胎发育，因此伦理审查格外严格。 Zhè xiàng yánjiū shèjí zǎoqī pēitāi fāyù, yīncǐ lúnlǐ shěnchá géwài yángé. This research involves early embryo development, so the ethical review is particularly strict.
- 鸡蛋里的胚胎慢慢发育成小鸡。 Jīdàn lǐ de pēitāi mànmàn fāyù chéng xiǎojī. The embryo inside the egg slowly develops into a chick.
- 这本书讲的是胚胎怎样一天天长大。 Zhè běn shū jiǎng de shì pēitāi zěnyàng yī tiān tiān zhǎngdà. This book is about how an embryo grows day by day.
Related words
- 轮胎 lúntāi tyre; tire
- 双胞胎 shuāngbāotāi twins
- 胎 tāi foetus; birth; measure word for pregnancies or births
- 胎儿 tāi'ér foetus
- 克隆 kèlóng to clone
- 卵 luǎn egg; ovum
- 灭绝 mièjué to become extinct; to exterminate
- 膜 mó membrane; film
- 两栖 liǎngqī amphibious; to live or work in two spheres
- 配方 pèifāng formula; recipe; formulation
- 生理 shēnglǐ physiology; physiological
- 人造 rénzào man-made; artificial