噬
to devour; to bite
16 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,152 U+566C
How 噬 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 筮 (phonetic, shì)
Words containing 噬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大吞噬细胞 | dà tūn shì xì bāo | macrophage |
| 小吞噬细胞 | xiǎo tūn shì xì bāo | microphage (a type of white blood cell) |
| 吞噬作用 | tūn shì zuò yòng | (biology) phagocytosis |
| 噬菌体 | shì jūn tǐ | bacteriophage; phage |
| 巨噬细胞 | jù shì xì bāo | macrophage |
| 吞噬细胞 | tūn shì xì bāo | phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter) |
| 反噬 | fǎn shì | to backfire on; to rebound on |
| 噬脐莫及 | shì qí mò jí | (lit.) one cannot bite one's own navel (idiom); (fig.) too late for regrets |
| 噬咬 | shì yǎo | to bite |
| 吞噬 | tūn shì | to swallow; to engulf; to gobble up |