Chinese symbol for “metabolism”
新陈代谢
xīn chén dài xiè
Traditional: 新陳代謝
metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for metabolism is 新陈代谢 (xīn chén dài xiè), defined as: metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “metabolism”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 新陈代谢.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新闻 (新聞) | xīn wén | news; 条 (tiáo) |
| 重新 | chóng xīn | again; once more; re- |
| 创新 (創新) | chuàng xīn | to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation |
| 更新 | gēng xīn | to replace the old with new; to renew |
| 最新 | zuì xīn | latest; newest |
| 新型 | xīn xíng | new type; new kind |
| 陈述 (陳述) | chén shù | to state; to declare |
| 陈列 (陳列) | chén liè | to display; to exhibit |
| 代表 | dài biǎo | representative; delegate |
| 谢谢 (謝謝) | xiè xie | to thank; thanks |
See also: Japanese symbol for “metabolism”.
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.