胞嘧啶 bāo mì dìng

cytosine, DNA base C pairing with G

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. cytosine nucleotide (C, pairs with guanine G 鸟嘌呤niǎo piào lìng in DNA and RNA)

Characters

Character Meaning
胞 bāo HSK 6
born of the same parents; womb; placenta
嘧 mì
(phonetic) as in pyrimidine
啶 dìng
idine (chemistry)