新
陈
代
谢

Metabolism (biology) in Chinese: 新陈代谢 (xīn chén dài xiè)

xīn chén dài xiè

metabolism (biology)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 新陳代謝1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1metabolism (biology)
  2. 2the new replaces the old (idiom)

Stroke order

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新
陈
代
谢

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄒㄧㄣ

xīn

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄣ/ en—/ first tone

ㄔㄣˊ

chén

ㄔ/ chㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

ㄉㄞˋ

dài

ㄉ/ dㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄧㄝˋ

xiè

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

新陈代谢

Simplified

新陳代謝

Traditional

Example sentences

See 新陈代谢 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 多运动可以加快身体的新陈代谢。

    duō yùn dòng kě yǐ jiā kuài shēn tǐ de xīn chén dài xiè。

    Exercising more can speed up the body's metabolism.

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Related words

新

xīn

new

代

dài

to substitute

谢谢

xiè xie

to thank

新闻

xīn wén

news

新鲜

xīn xiān

fresh (experience, food etc)

代表

dài biǎo

representative

代替

dài tì

to replace

感谢

gǎn xiè

(express) thanks

现代

xiàn dài

modern times

重新

chóng xīn

again

朝代

cháo dài

dynasty

当代

dāng dài

the present age

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