細胞

See also: 细胞

Chinese

		fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	the placenta; womb
trad. (細胞)		細	胞
simp. (细胞)		细	胞

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 細胞 (さいぼう) (saibō, “cell”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìbāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ baau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): se-pâu
• Min Dong (BUC): sá̤-bàu
• Min Nan (POJ): sè-pau / sòe-pau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xìbāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄅㄠ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihbau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìbao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: xìbāor
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄅㄠㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihbaul
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìbaor
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ paʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ baau¹
    • Yale: sai bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ päːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: se-pâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: se bau´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: se⁴ bau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /se⁵⁵ pau̯²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sá̤-bàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)βau⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-pau
    • Tâi-lô: sè-pau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sea'paw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /se²¹⁻⁵³ paʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ paʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ paʊ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòe-pau
    • Tâi-lô: suè-pau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soea'paw
    • IPA (Taipei): /sue¹¹⁻⁵³ paʊ⁴⁴/

Noun

細胞

1. (biology, cytology) cell
2. (figuratively) aptitude; ability

Derived terms

• 吞噬細胞／吞噬细胞 (tūnshì xìbāo)
• 幹細胞／干细胞 (gànxìbāo)
• 白細胞／白细胞 (báixìbāo)
• 神經細胞／神经细胞 (shénjīng xìbāo)
• 紅細胞／红细胞 (hóngxìbāo)
• 細胞壁／细胞壁 (xìbāobì)
• 細胞學／细胞学 (xìbāoxué)

• 細胞小組／细胞小组 (xìbāo xiǎozǔ)
• 細胞核／细胞核 (xìbāohé)
• 細胞膜／细胞膜 (xìbāomó)
• 細胞質／细胞质 (xìbāozhì)
• 細胞骨架／细胞骨架 (xìbāo gǔjià)
• 血細胞／血细胞 (xuèxìbāo)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
細	胞
さい Grade: 2	ほう > ぼう Grade: S
goon	kan’on

Kanji in this term
細	胞
さい Grade: 2	ほう Grade: S
goon	kan’on

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) さいぼー [sàíbóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [sa̠ibo̞ː]

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) さいほー [sàíhóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [sa̠iho̞ː]

Noun

細胞

細胞 (hiragana さいぼう, rōmaji saibō, historical hiragana さいばう) (alternative reading hiragana さいほう, romaji saihō, historical hiragana さいはう)

1. (cytology) a cell

Derived terms

• 免疫細胞
• 共産党細胞
• 単細胞
• 卵細胞
• 原核細胞
• 幹細胞
• 感覚細胞
• 母細胞
• 生殖細胞
• 癌細胞
• 真核細胞
• 神経細胞
• 細胞培養
• 細胞壁
• 細胞学
• 細胞核
• 細胞膜
• 細胞融合
• 細胞質
• 細胞遺伝学
• 胞分裂
• 脳細胞
• 色素細胞
• 花粉母細胞

 

Descendants

• → Chinese: 細胞
• → Korean: 세포 (sepo)
• → Vietnamese: tế bào

References

• The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
細	胞

Noun

細胞 • (sepo) (hangeul 세포)

1. Hanja form^? of 세포 (“cell”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
細	胞

Noun

細胞

1. Hán tự form of tế bào (“cell”).