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酶

méi

Character

What 酶 means

1. enzyme
2. ferment

Words starting with 酶

• 酶原méi yuánzymogen; fermentogen

Words containing 酶

• 氢酶qīng méihydrogenase (enzyme)
• 激酶jī méikinase (biochemistry)
• 触酶chù méicatalase (enzyme)
• 辅酶fǔ méicoenzyme (chemistry)
• 酯酶zhǐ méi(biochemistry) esterase
• 酿酶niàng méizymase (enzyme in yeast involved in fermentation)
• 黄酶huáng méiyellow enzyme
• 凝血酶níng xuè méithrombin (biochemistry)
• 消化酶xiāo huà méidigestive enzyme
• 溶酶体róng méi tǐlysosome
• 端粒酶duān lì méitelomerase
• 聚合酶jù hé méipolymerase (enzyme)
• 脱氢酶tuō qīng méidehydrogenase (enzyme)
• 蛋白酶dàn bái méiprotease
• 转氨酶zhuǎn ān méitransferase (enzyme)
• 连接酶lián jiē méiligase
• 限制酶xiàn zhì méirestriction enzyme
• 凝血酶原níng xuè méi yuánprothrombin
• 胃蛋白酶wèi dàn bái méipepsin
• 胆碱酯酶dǎn jiǎn zhǐ méi(biochemistry) cholinesterase
• 转氨基酶zhuǎn ān jī méiamino transferase (enzyme)
• 逆转录酶nì zhuǎn lù méireverse transcriptase
• 神经氨酸酶shén jīng ān suān méineuraminidase (the N of virus such as bird flu H5N1)
• 过氧化氢酶guò yǎng huà qīng méicatalase (enzyme); hydrogen peroxidase

Characters built on 每

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

• 梅méiplum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
• 霉méimold; mildew; to become moldy
• 莓méi(bound form) berry (e.g. strawberry, blackberry, loganberry)
• 脢méimeat on the back of an animal

Characters that look like 酶

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

• 瞄miáoto take aim; (fig.) to aim one's looks at; to glance at
• 塘tángdyke; embankment; pool or pond
• 龈yíngums (of the teeth)
• 踊yǒngleap
• 踞jùto be based upon; to squat
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳

Sounds the same

Read méi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 没(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
• 媒medium; intermediary; matchmaker
• 煤coal
• 眉eyebrow; upper margin
• 霉mold; mildew; to become moldy
• 枚classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs…
• 梅plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
• 玫(fine jade); used in 玫瑰
• 莓(bound form) berry (e.g. strawberry, blackberry, loganberry)
• 湄(literary) shore; coast; bank
• 楣lintel; crossbeam
• 糜millet