催产素

催產素

cuīchǎnsù

noun #31,381

Meanings

1 oxytocin
2 the 'love hormone' / labor-inducing hormone

Characters

to urge / hasten

to give birth / produce

element / -in (suffix)

Examples

医生给产妇注射了催产素。

Yīshēng gěi chǎnfù zhùshèle cuīchǎnsù.

The doctor gave the woman in labor an oxytocin injection.

催产素也被称为爱情激素。

Cuīchǎnsù yě bèi chēng wéi àiqíng jīsù.

Oxytocin is also called the love hormone.

Tips

memory

Read it character by character: 催 'urge / hasten' + 产 'give birth' + 素 '-in (suffix for biological compounds)' = 'birth-hastening hormone'. Chinese names many hormones with the 素 suffix: 维生素 (vitamin), 激素 (hormone), 胰岛素 (insulin).

Stroke Order

催 cuī

产 chǎn

素 sù