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Pinyin: shì
English Definition: to devour; to bite
Chinese Definition:
①咬,吞:噬肤(a.喻犯罪受刑的人;b.喻关系亲近)。噬贤(嫉害贤能)。噬啮。吞噬。噬脐莫及。
Total strokes: 16; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (mouth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
    • [ shì ] divination using the stalks of plants; divining rod
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Example Words
吞噬 tūn shì to swallow; to engulf; to gobble up
噬菌体 shì jūn bacteriophage; phage; virus that infects bacteria
吞噬细胞 tūn shì bāo phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)
噬脐何及 shì useless to regret (idiom)
噬咬 shì yǎo to bite
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Example Sentences
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How do you do, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor?
2
Antigen processing by macrophages precedes recognition of an antigen by lymphocytes.
3
齿
Everyone has a layer of bacteria on their teeth called plaque.
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Both of these changes increase the risk that the cell will become trapped in the spleen and be removed by macrophages.
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TLR
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Then they injected the mice with macrophages lacking a surface protein called TLR4.