HSK 6 · Body

细菌 xìjūn “bacteria” in Chinese

Traditional 細菌

What 细菌 means

  1. bacteria
  2. germ
  3. bacterium

How to say 细菌

  • 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菌jūn1st tone, high and level

细菌 in a sentence

  1. 手机如同马桶一样被细菌污染。

    Shǒujī rútóng mǎtǒng yíyàng bèi xìjūn wūrǎn.

    A mobile phone is as contaminated with bacteria as a toilet is.

    Sentence #2393046 from Tatoeba

  2. 细菌微小到无法用肉眼看到。

    Xìjūn wēixiǎo dào wúfǎ yòng ròuyǎn kàndào.

    Bacteria are so small that they cannot be seen with the naked eye.

    Sentence #1324904 from Tatoeba

How 细菌 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 菌 (jūn) with each of its parts in a different colour
菌jūnbacterium
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 囷a round bin for storing grain · qūnSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 囷 (qūn) hints at the sound. Compare it with jūn.

How to write 细菌

细 8 strokes · 菌 11 strokes

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

Words related to 细菌

Words with 细

详细xiángxì · detailed仔细zǐxì · careful细节xìjié · details细致xìzhì · careful细胞xìbāo · cell (biology)精打细算jīngdǎxìsuàn · careful budgeting

More words: People, Body & Health

瘫痪tānhuàn · paralysed维生素wéishēngsù · vitamin消毒xiāodú · to disinfect膝盖xīgài · knee新陈代谢xīnchéndàixiè · metabolism性命xìngmìng · life (of a person or animal)胸膛xiōngtáng · chest嗅觉xiùjué · sense of smell

FAQs

细菌 (xìjūn) means “bacteria” or “germ”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xìjūn: xì with a 4th tone, then jūn 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, 细菌 is written 細菌. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xijun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 细菌 from the suggestions. Typing xijun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
细菌 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.