VocabularyHSK 5 · core

基因

jīyīn

gene

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

科学家研究人类的基因。
Scientists study human genes.
这种病和基因有关系。
This disease is related to genes.

Collocations

基因研究遗传基因基因技术基因突变

Mnemonic

基 jī "base" + 因 yīn "cause": a phono-semantic rendering of "gene", the basis (基) and cause (因) of heredity. In Korean it is yu-jeon-ja (gene). Related: 遗传 (yíchuán, heredity).

遗传染色体细胞生物

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