Chinese symbol for “enzyme”
酶
méi
enzyme; ferment
The closest CC-CEDICT match for enzyme is 酶 (méi), defined as: enzyme; ferment.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “enzyme”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 酶.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辅酶 (輔酶) | fǔ méi | coenzyme (chemistry) |
| 蛋白酶 | dàn bái méi | protease |
| 激酶 | jī méi | kinase (biochemistry) |
| 转氨酶 (轉氨酶) | zhuǎn ān méi | transferase (enzyme) |
| 溶酶体 (溶酶體) | róng méi tǐ | lysosome |
| 淀粉酶 (澱粉酶) | diàn fěn méi | amylase |
See also: Japanese symbol for “enzyme”.
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.