HSK 6 · Body

遗传 yíchuán “genetic” in Chinese

Traditional 遺傳

What 遗传 means

  1. genetic
  2. hereditary
  3. to inherit
  4. heredity
  5. to inherit (a trait)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to pass on (to one’s offspring)

How to say 遗传

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale遗yí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale传chuán2nd tone, rising

遗传 in a sentence

  1. 知识不是遗传的。

    Zhīshi bú shì yíchuán de.

    Knowledge isn’t inherited.

    Sentence #809782 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 通过遗传修饰，我们可以改良农作物。

    Tōngguò yíchuán xiūshì, wǒmen kěyǐ gǎiliáng nóngzuòwù.

    Through genetic modification, we can improve crops.

    Sentence #814167 from Tatoeba

  3. 我们的遗传基因真的和黑猩猩几乎一样吗？

    Wǒmen de yíchuán jīyīn zhēnde hé hēixīngxing jīhū yíyàng ma?

    Is it true that our genes are almost the same as a chimpanzee’s?

    Sentence #6857077 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 遗传 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 遗 (yí) with each of its parts in a different colour
遗yíto leave behind
  • 贵expensive · guì
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuò
The character 传 (chuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
传chuánto pass on
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 专concentrated · zhuānSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 专 (zhuān) hints at the sound. Compare it with chuán.

How to write 遗传

遗 12 strokes · 传 6 strokes

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

Words related to 遗传

Words with 遗

遗憾yíhàn · regret遗留yíliú · to be left over遗失yíshī · to lose (something)遗产yíchǎn · heritage

Words with 传

传真chuánzhēn · fax传染chuánrǎn · to infect宣传xuānchuán · to publicise传播chuánbō · to disseminate流传liúchuán · to spread传统chuántǒng · tradition传说chuánshuō · legend传达chuándá · to convey传授chuánshòu · to teach传单chuándān · leaflet

More words: People, Body & Health

嗅觉xiùjué · sense of smell血压xuèyā · blood pressure眼色yǎnsè · meaningful look眼神yǎnshén · look in one’s eyes眨zhǎ · to blink症状zhèngzhuàng · symptom脂肪zhīfáng · fat (body or dietary)指甲zhǐjia · fingernail

FAQs

遗传 (yíchuán) means “genetic” or “hereditary”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yíchuán: yí with a 2nd tone, then chuán with a 2nd 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, 遗传 is written 遺傳. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yichuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 遗传 from the suggestions. Typing yichuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
遗传 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.