酶 (méi) — enzyme
Definition
noun
enzyme
Easily confused
- 梅méilook-alikeplum (the fruit or tree)
- 没méisound-alike(adverb) not; used to negate 有 ('to have') or to negate past/habitual actions
- 悔huǐlook-alike(bound form, in verbs and nouns) regret; repent — used in compounds like 后悔 and 悔改
- 枚méisound-alike(classifier) for small, flat, or round objects (coins, rings, badges, medals, pearls, etc.)
- 侮wǔlook-alike(bound form) to insult; to bully
- 媒méisound-alike(bound form) matchmaker; go-between; intermediary
Examples
- 酶。méi Zài rén tǐ xiāo huà zhōng fēi cháng zhòng yào.Enzymes are very important in human digestion.
- 酶。Zhè zhǒng méi kě yǐ bāng zhù fēn jiě zhī fáng.This enzyme can help break down fat.
- 酶。Kē xué jiā fā xiàn le yì zhǒng xīn de méi.Scientists discovered a new kind of enzyme.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
酉酉yǒu
酶 combines 酉, the meaning part, with 每, the sound part.
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