胚
embryo
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How 胚 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 丕 (phonetic, pī)
components: ⺼ 丕
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 丕
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 丕 (pī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丕 sound component | pī | great, grand, glorious, distinguished |
| 坯 | pī | clay; unburnt earthenware |
| 邳 | pī | a department in the state of Lu |
| 苤 | piě | kohlrabi |
| 呸 | pēi | to spit at |
| 狉 | pī | fox cub |
Words containing 胚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三胚层动物 | sān pēi céng dòng wù | triploblastic animals (having three germ layers) |
| 美人胚子 | měi rén pēi zi | (coll.) girl who shows signs of becoming a beauty; budding beauty |
| 胚胎发生 | pēi tāi fā shēng | embryogenesis |
| 中胚层 | zhōng pēi céng | mesoderm (cell lineage in embryology) |
| 外胚层 | wài pēi céng | ectoderm (cell lineage in embryology) |
| 内胚层 | nèi pēi céng | endoderm (cell lineage in embryology) |
| 胚胎学 | pēi tāi xué | embryology |
| 色胚 | sè pēi | (slang) pervert; lecher |
| 小麦胚芽 | xiǎo mài pēi yá | wheat germ |
| 胚层 | pēi céng | germ layer; layer of tissue in embryology |
| 胚囊泡 | pēi náng pào | (biology) blastodermic vesicle |
| 胚乳 | pēi rǔ | (botany) endosperm |
| 麦胚 | mài pēi | wheat germ |
| 胚珠 | pēi zhū | ovule |
| 胚芽米 | pēi yá mǐ | semipolished rice (i.e. rice minus the husk, but including the germ) |
| 胚泡 | pēi pào | (biology) blastocyst |
| 囊胚 | náng pēi | (zoology) blastula; (mammology) blastocyst |
| 胚囊 | pēi náng | (botany) embryo sac |
| 胚胎 | pēi tāi | embryo |
| 瓶胚 | píng pēi | preform |