培养皿 (péiyǎngmǐn): Petri dish

Measure Word

一个培养皿 gè

Meanings

1 Petri dish
2 culture dish (laboratory equipment)

Characters

培

péi

to cultivate, to train

a shallow dish, a vessel

Examples

科学家在培养皿中培育细菌。

Kēxuéjiā zài péiyǎngmǐn zhōng péiyù xìjūn.

Scientists culture bacteria in Petri dishes.

实验室里摆满了各种培养皿。

Shíyànshì lǐ bǎi mǎn le gèzhǒng péiyǎngmǐn.

The laboratory was filled with all kinds of Petri dishes.

Tips

memory

培养 means to cultivate or culture, and 皿 means a shallow dish or vessel — so 培养皿 is literally a dish for culturing things.

Stroke Order

培 péi

养 yǎng

皿 mǐn

Related Words

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tissue culture (esp. plant tissue culture)

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to train; training / professional development

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to raise / to bring up / to foster

收养 shōuyǎng HSK 6 #3,667

to adopt (a child) / to take in and raise

养 yǎng HSK 2 #1,025

to raise (animals/children) / to keep (pets) / to nurture

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bacon

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