细胞培养

細胞培養

xìbāopéiyǎng

noun

Meanings

1 cell culture
2 the laboratory growing of cells outside an organism

Characters

to nurture / cultivate

to raise / rear

Examples

实验室在做哺乳动物细胞培养。

Shíyànshì zài zuò bǔrǔ dòngwù xìbāopéiyǎng.

The lab is doing mammalian cell culture.

细胞培养是疫苗研发的基础技术。

Xìbāopéiyǎng shì yìmiáo yánfā de jīchǔ jìshù.

Cell culture is a foundational technique in vaccine development.

Tips

memory

细胞 (xìbāo) = cell — 'fine cell/sac'. 培养 (péiyǎng) = to cultivate — used for both growing plants and 'cultivating' people (e.g. 培养人才 péiyǎng réncái, train talent). The biology term reuses the same metaphor: nurture cells in a dish.

Stroke Order

细 xì

胞 bāo

培 péi

养 yǎng