HSK 6 · Science

细胞 xìbāo “cell (biology)” in Chinese

Traditional 細胞

What 细胞 means

  1. cell (biology)

How to say 细胞

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale细xì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale胞bāo1st tone, high and level

细胞 in a sentence

  1. 人体的组织是由细胞构成的。

    Réntǐ de zǔzhī shì yóu xìbāo gòuchéng de.

    Human tissue is made up of cells.

    Sentence #3567594 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 细胞具有将食物转化为能量的能力。

    Xìbāo jùyǒu jiāng shíwù zhuǎnhuà wéi néngliàng de nénglì.

    Cells are able to turn food into energy.

    Sentence #13753049 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 每一个细胞都是由另一个细胞产生的。

    Měi yí ge xìbāo dōu shì yóu lìng yí ge xìbāo chǎnshēng de.

    Every cell is produced by another cell.

    Sentence #13524148 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 细胞 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 细 (xì) with each of its parts in a different colour
细xìthin or slender
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 田field · tiánSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 田 (tián) hints at the sound. Compare it with xì.

The character 胞 (bāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
胞bāoplacenta
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròuMeaning part
  • 包wrap · bāoSound part

⺼ hints at the meaning (meat); 包 (bāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with bāo.

How to write 细胞

细 8 strokes · 胞 9 strokes

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细胞 (xìbāo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 细胞 (xìbāo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 细胞

Words with 细

详细xiángxì · detailed仔细zǐxì · careful细节xìjié · details细菌xìjūn · bacteria细致xìzhì · careful精打细算jīngdǎxìsuàn · careful budgeting

Words with 胞

同胞tóngbāo · compatriot双胞胎shuāngbāotāi · twins

More words: Science & Technology

椭圆tuǒyuán · oval微观wēiguān · microscopic卫星wèixīng · satellite误差wùchā · error性能xìngnéng · performance氧气yǎngqì · oxygen遥控yáokòng · remote control液体yètǐ · liquid

FAQs

细胞 (xìbāo) means “cell (biology)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xìbāo: xì with a 4th tone, then bāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 细胞 is written 細胞. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xibao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 细胞 from the suggestions. Typing xibao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
细胞 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.