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Chinese symbol for “diploid”

二倍体
èr bèi tǐ
Traditional: 二倍體
diploid (in cell biology)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for diploid is 二倍体 (èr bèi tǐ), defined as: diploid (in cell biology).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

二 èr
two; twice
radical 7 ⼆ · 2 strokes
倍 bèi
to double; to increase or multiply
radical 9 ⼈ · 10 strokes
体 tǐ
body; group, class; form, style, system
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “diploid”

WordPinyinMeaning
双倍体 (雙倍體)shuāng bèi tǐdiploid (doubled chromosomes)
双套 (雙套)shuāng tàodouble set; diploid

Related words

Other words that share a character with 二倍体.

WordPinyinMeaning
第二dì èrsecond; number two
第二次dì èr cìthe second time; the second occurrence
第二天dì èr tiānnext day; the morrow
二级 (二級)èr jígrade 2; second class
十二shí èrtwelve; 12
二十èr shítwenty; 20
两倍 (兩倍)liǎng bèitwice as much; double the amount
三倍sān bèitriple; three times as much; threefold
媒体 (媒體)méi tǐmedia, esp. news media

See also: Japanese symbol for “diploid”.

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.