Chinese symbol for “plasmid”
质粒
zhì lì
Traditional: 質粒
plasmid
The closest CC-CEDICT match for plasmid is 质粒 (zhì lì), defined as: plasmid.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 质粒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 质量 (質量) | zhì liàng | (physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence) |
| 物质 (物質) | wù zhì | matter; substance |
| 性质 (性質) | xìng zhì | nature; characteristic |
| 本质 (本質) | běn zhì | essence; nature |
| 素质 (素質) | sù zhì | inner quality; basic essence |
| 品质 (品質) | pǐn zhì | character; intrinsic quality (of a person) |
| 粒子 | lì zǐ | (elementary) particle; grain |
| 颗粒 (顆粒) | kē lì | kernel; granule |
See also: Japanese symbol for “plasmid”.
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.