核酸

hésuān

noun #40,826

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

DNA和RNA都是核酸。

DNA Hé RNA dōu shì hésuān.

DNA and RNA are both nucleic acids.

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 (hésuān jiǎncè).

Stroke Order

核 hé

酸 suān