酶
enzyme; ferment
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Dict coverage rank #1,909 U+9176
How 酶 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
酉 (semantic, “chemical”) + 每 (phonetic, měi)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 每
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 每 (měi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 每 sound component | měi | each, every |
| 海 | hǎi | sea, ocean; maritime |
| 梅 | méi | plum; prune; surname |
| 霉 | méi | mildew, mold, rot |
| 敏 | mǐn | fast, quick; clever, smart |
| 悔 | huǐ | to regret, to repent, to show remorse |
| 莓 | méi | moss; edible berries |
| 晦 | huì | dark, obscure, unclear; night |
| 诲 | huì | to teach, to instruct; to encourage, to urge |
| 脢 | méi | flesh |
Words containing 酶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 过氧物酶体 | guò yǎng wù méi tǐ | peroxisome (type of organelle) |
| 神经氨酸酶 | shén jīng ān suān méi | neuraminidase (the N of virus such as bird flu H5N1) |
| 蛋白酶 | dàn bái méi | protease |
| 消化酶 | xiāo huà méi | digestive enzyme |
| 连接酶 | lián jiē méi | ligase |
| 髓过氧化物酶 | suǐ guò yǎng huà wù méi | myeloperoxidase (aka MPO) (molecular biology) |
| 限制酶图谱 | xiàn zhì méi tú pǔ | restriction mapping (in genomics); restriction pattern |
| 过氧化氢酶 | guò yǎng huà qīng méi | catalase (enzyme); hydrogen peroxidase |
| 转氨基酶 | zhuǎn ān jī méi | amino transferase (enzyme) |
| 聚合酶 | jù hé méi | polymerase (enzyme) |
| 逆转录酶 | nì zhuǎn lù méi | reverse transcriptase |
| 凝血酶原 | níng xuè méi yuán | prothrombin |
| 黄酶 | huáng méi | yellow enzyme |
| 限制酶 | xiàn zhì méi | restriction enzyme |
| 胃蛋白酶 | wèi dàn bái méi | pepsin |
| 酶原 | méi yuán | zymogen; fermentogen |
| 转氨酶 | zhuǎn ān méi | transferase (enzyme) |
| 凝血酶 | níng xuè méi | thrombin (biochemistry) |
| 溶酶体 | róng méi tǐ | lysosome |
| 丙酮酸脱氢酶 | bǐng tóng suān tuō qīng méi | pyruvate dehydrogenase |