无性繁殖

無性繁殖

wúxìng fánzhí

noun

Meanings

HSK 6

细菌主要靠无性繁殖。

Xìjūn zhǔyào kào wúxìng fánzhí.

Bacteria reproduce mainly asexually.

HSK 7-9

用扦插的方法种月季，是一种无性繁殖。

Yòng qiānchā de fāngfǎ zhòng yuèji, shì yì zhǒng wúxìng fánzhí.

Growing Chinese roses from cuttings is a form of asexual propagation.

history

Before the loanword 克隆 'clone' became standard, 无性繁殖 was also used for cloning. Today it is mainly a biology term.

无 wú

性 xìng

繁 fán

殖 zhí