遺傳 (wai4 cyun4 | yi2 chuan2) : hereditary

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遺傳

wai4 cyun4

yi2 chuan2

hereditary

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 2,780,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

遺傳 / 遗传

This word has been viewed 2048 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 8th Dec 2004 02:30 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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遺 wai4 wai6 - lose; omit; leave behind; hand down
傳 cyun4 zyun6 - pass; spread; biography; story

10 compounds containing this word:

遺傳工程 - genetic engineering
遺傳物質 - genetic material
遺傳學家 - geneticist
遺傳學 - genetics
遺傳基因 - hereditary genes; DNA
Common Formations:
遺傳工程學 - [bio.] genetic engineering
遺傳特徵 - feature; heredity
遺傳信息 - hereditary (or genetic) information
遺傳因子 - genetic factor
遺傳密碼 - genetic code

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *

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Decimal representation of this word: 遺傳

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*** The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate ***

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *