原生质 (yuán shēng zhì) — protoplasm | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

protoplasm

原生质。
Kē xué jiā yán jiū le zhí wù xì bāo de yuán shēng zhì.
Scientists studied the protoplasm of plant cells.
原生质。
yuán shēng zhì Shì xì bāo de zhòng yào zǔ chéng bù fen.
Protoplasm is an important component of cells.
原生质。
Zhè zhǒng shēng wù tǐ de yuán shēng zhì jù yǒu tè shū de jié gòu.
The protoplasm of this organism has a special structure.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

原生

偏正Modifier + head

质zhìsubstance

原 means original, 生 means life, and 质 means substance, naming the basic living substance.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

原 combines 泉 (spring) and 厂 (cliff), picturing a spring bursting from a cliff-side, which gives the sense of origin or source.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

生 shows 屮 (a bud) above 一 (the ground), drawing a sprout coming up from the earth.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 質; 质 is its simplified writing.

斦貝質

The traditional form 質 is made up of 貝 and 斦; this describes 質, not the simplified 质.