細胞

See also: 细胞

Chinese
 
fine; minutely; thin; slender
 the placenta; womb
trad. (細胞) 細 胞
simp. (细胞) 细 胞

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 細胞 (さいぼう) (saibō, “cell”)

Pronunciation

Noun

細胞

  1. (biology, cytology) cell
  2. (figuratively) aptitude; ability

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
細 胞
さい
Grade: 2		 ほう > ぼう
Grade: S
goon kan’on
Kanji in this term
細 胞
さい
Grade: 2		 ほう
Grade: S
goon kan’on

Pronunciation

Noun
細胞

細胞 (hiragana さいぼう, rōmaji saibō, historical hiragana さいばう) (alternative reading hiragana さいほう, romaji saihō, historical hiragana さいはう)

  1. (cytology) a cell

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. →ISBN
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
細胞

Noun

細胞 • (sepo) (hangeul 세포)

  1. Hanja form? of 세포 (“cell”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
細胞

Noun

細胞

  1. Hán tự form of tế bào (“cell”).
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