微生物
wēishēngwù
microorganism
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 土壤里生活着大量的微生物。A great many microorganisms live in the soil.
- 有些微生物对人体有益,有些则有害。Some microorganisms are beneficial to the body, others harmful.
Collocations
有益微生物微生物分解土壤微生物微生物繁殖
Mnemonic
微 wēi "tiny" + 生物 shēngwù "living thing": a tiny living thing, i.e. a microorganism. Bacteria, fungi, viruses: life too small to see. 微 is the 微 of 微小 "minute" and 微观 "microscopic", meaning "micro-".
Related
细菌病毒细胞生物
Quick check
Which is NOT a 微生物?