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胚

pēi

Character

What 胚 means

1. embryo

Other readings

胚 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• pēivariant of {胚|pēi}

Example sentences

• 你们两个无聊胚子！
  You two bored foetuses!

Words starting with 胚

• 胚胎pēi tāiembryo
• 胚乳pēi rǔ(botany) endosperm
• 胚囊pēi náng(botany) embryo sac
• 胚层pēi cénggerm layer; layer of tissue in embryology
• 胚泡pēi pào(biology) blastocyst
• 胚珠pēi zhūovule
• 胚芽pēi yábud; sprout; germ
• 胚囊泡pēi náng pào(biology) blastodermic vesicle
• 胚胎学pēi tāi xuéembryology
• 胚芽米pēi yá mǐsemipolished rice (i.e. rice minus the husk, but including the germ)
• 胚胎发生pēi tāi fā shēngembryogenesis
• 胚芽鞘pēi yá qiàocoleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany)

Words containing 胚

• 囊胚náng pēi(zoology) blastula; (mammology) blastocyst
• 瓶胚píng pēipreform
• 色胚sè pēi(slang) pervert; lecher
• 麦胚mài pēiwheat germ
• 中胚层zhōng pēi céngmesoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
• 内胚层nèi pēi céngendoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
• 外胚层wài pēi céngectoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
• 小麦胚芽xiǎo mài pēi yáwheat germ
• 美人胚子měi rén pēi zi(colloquial) girl who shows signs of becoming a beauty; budding beauty
• 三胚层动物sān pēi céng dòng wùtriploblastic animals (having three germ layers)

Characters built on 月

These share the phonetic component 月 (yuè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 背bèithe back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from
• 肥féifat; fertile; loose-fitting or large
• 肺fèilung
• 胃wèistomach
• 腓féicalf of leg; decay; protect
• 肋lèi(bound form) rib; Taiwan pr. lè
• 羸léientangled; lean
• 脢méimeat on the back of an animal

Characters that look like 胚

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 服fúclothes; dress; garment
• 架jiàto support; frame; rack
• 炼liànto refine; to smelt
• 骆luòcamel; white horse with a black mane (archaic)
• 狒fèihamadryad baboon
• 驸fùprince consort

Sounds the same

Read pēi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 呸pah!; bah!; pooh!
• 柸to hate; bear grudge
• 醅unstrained spirits
• 妚variant of 胚; embryo