Chinese symbol for “cell”
细胞
xì bāo
Traditional: 細胞
cell (biology)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cell is 细胞 (xì bāo), defined as: cell (biology).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cell”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 单元格 (單元格) | dān yuán gé | (spreadsheet) cell |
| 小区 (小區) | xiǎo qū | housing estate; community; neighborhood; (telecommunications) cell |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 细胞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 详细 (詳細) | xiáng xì | detailed; in detail |
| 细节 (細節) | xì jié | details; particulars |
| 仔细 (仔細) | zǐ xì | careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out |
| 细菌 (細菌) | xì jūn | bacterium; germ |
| 细致 (細緻) | xì zhì | delicate; fine |
| 同胞 | tóng bāo | born of the same parents; sibling |
| 双胞胎 (雙胞胎) | shuāng bāo tāi | twin; 对 (duì) |
| 干细胞 (幹細胞) | gàn xì bāo | stem cell |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cell”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.