基因 meaning in English

jīyīn

gene (loanword)

HSK 7-9noun17 strokes

Meaning of 基因

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jīyīn

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men应yīng该gāi对duì人rén使shǐ用yòng基jī因yīn编biān辑jí吗ma？

Should we use genetic engineering on people?

一yī些xiē疾jí病bìng的de产chǎn生shēng原yuán因yīn是shì基jī因yīn缺quē陷xiàn。

Some diseases are caused by a defective gene.

我wǒ们men的de遗yí传chuán基jī因yīn真zhēn的de和hé黑hēi猩xīng猩xīng几jī乎hū一yī样yàng吗ma？

Is it true that our genetic heritage is almost the same as that of chimpanzees?

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Words that share a character with 基因.

因为	yīnwèi	because; owing to; on account of
原因	yuányīn	cause; origin
因此	yīncǐ	thus; consequently; as a result
基本	jīběn	basic; fundamental
基本上	jīběnshàng	basically; on the whole
基础	jīchǔ	base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental
基地	jīdì	base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc)
基金	jījīn	fund
因而	yīn'ér	therefore; as a result
基督教	Jīdūjiào	Christianity
因素	yīnsù	element; factor
基于	jīyú	because of; on the basis of

What does 基因 mean?

基因 (jīyīn) means "gene (loanword)" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 基因?

基因 is made of 2 characters: 基 (11 strokes), 因 (6 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 基因 an HSK word?

Yes. 基因 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.