细
胞

Cell (biology) in Chinese: 细胞 (xì bāo)

xì bāo

cell (biology)

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 細胞1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1cell (biology)

Stroke order

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细
胞

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧˋ

xì

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

ㄅㄠ

bāo

ㄅ/ bㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

细胞

Simplified

細胞

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我们的身体是由无数细胞组成的。

    wǒ men de shēn tǐ shì yóu wú shù xì bāo zǔ chéng de。

    Our bodies are made up of countless cells.

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Related words

细

xì

thin or slender

详细

xiáng xì

detailed

仔细

zǐ xì

careful

细节

xì jié

details

细致

xì zhì

delicate

同胞

tóng bāo

born of the same parents

细菌

xì jūn

bacterium

精细

jīng xì

fine

细腻

xì nì

exquisite

细微

xì wēi

tiny

细心

xì xīn

careful

双胞胎

shuāng bāo tāi

twin

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