胞嘧啶

bāomìdìng

noun

Meanings

1 cytosine (one of the four bases in DNA and RNA)

Characters

pyrimidine (bound)

pyrimidine (bound)

Examples

胞嘧啶在 DNA 中与鸟嘌呤配对。

Bāomìdìng zài DNA zhōng yǔ niǎopiàolìng pèiduì.

Cytosine pairs with guanine in DNA.

胞嘧啶是四种碱基之一。

Bāomìdìng shì sì zhǒng jiǎnjī zhī yī.

Cytosine is one of the four nucleobases.

Tips

memory

The four DNA bases in Chinese: 腺嘌呤 A (xiànpiàolìng), 鸟嘌呤 G (niǎopiàolìng), 胞嘧啶 C (bāomìdìng), 胸腺嘧啶 T (xiōngxiànmìdìng). 嘧啶 = pyrimidine; 嘌呤 = purine.

Stroke Order

胞 bāo

嘧 mì

啶 dìng