核酸

hésuān

noun #40,826

Meanings

1 nucleic acid
2 nucleic acid test (for COVID-19)

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

DNA和RNA都是核酸。

DNA Hé RNA dōu shì hésuān.

DNA and RNA are both nucleic acids.

HSK 7-9

进入这栋楼需要出示核酸结果。

Jìnrù zhè dòng lóu xūyào chūshì hésuān jiéguǒ.

You need to show your nucleic acid test result to enter this building.

Tips

usage

Pre-2020 this was a textbook biology term; during COVID, 做核酸 ('do a nucleic acid [test]') became an everyday verb phrase. The full form is 核酸检测.

Stroke Order

核 hé

酸 suān