印随

印隨
yìnsuí
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 imprinting (animal behavior)
  2. 2 filial imprinting

Examples

HSK 5
Yìnsuí shì yì zhǒng guānjiàn qī nèi fāshēng de xuéxí xíngwéi.
Imprinting is a learning behavior that occurs within a critical period.
HSK 7-9
Xiǎo yāzi duì dìyīyǎn kàndào de yídòng wùtǐ chǎnshēng yìnsuí.
Ducklings imprint on the first moving object they see.

Tips

history
印随 (lit. "imprint-follow") is the Chinese term for filial imprinting, systematically studied by Austrian ethologist Konrad Lorenz in the 1930s. His geese imprinting on him instead of their mother is the iconic image of the concept - it earned him the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Stroke Order

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