新陈代谢
xīnchéndàixiè
metabolism; renewal and replacement
Characters in this word
陈 chén
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 东 east, eastern, eastward
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
代 dài
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 弋 to catch, to arrest
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
谢 xiè
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 射 to shoot, to eject, to emit
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 运动能够促进新陈代谢，但并不能替代均衡饮食。 Yùndòng nénggòu cùjìn xīnchén dàixiè, dàn bìng bù néng tìdài jūnhéng yǐnshí. Exercise can promote metabolism, but it cannot replace a balanced diet.
- 年轻人的新陈代谢比老年人快得多。 Niánqīngrén de xīnchéndàixiè bǐ lǎoniánrén kuài de duō. Young people's metabolism is much faster than that of the elderly.
- 睡眠不足会影响身体的新陈代谢。 Shuìmián bùzú huì yǐngxiǎng shēntǐ de xīnchéndàixiè. Lack of sleep affects the body's metabolism.