| 噬 | |||
| bite; gnaw; snap at | |||
| Radical | 口 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 13 | Total Strokes | 16 |
| Mandarin reading | shì | Cantonese reading | sai6 |
| Japanese on reading | zei | Japanese kun reading | kamu |
| Korean reading | se | Vietnamese reading | phè |
| 噬 | |||
| bite; gnaw; snap at | |||
| Radical | 口 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 13 | Total Strokes | 16 |
| Mandarin reading | shì | Cantonese reading | sai6 |
| Japanese on reading | zei | Japanese kun reading | kamu |
| Korean reading | se | Vietnamese reading | phè |
| 噬 | [ shì ] to devour, to bite |
| 噬咬 | [ shì yaǒ ] to bite |
| 噬臍莫及 | [ shì qí mò jí ] lit. one cannot bite one's own navel (idiom), fig. too late for regrets |
| 噬菌體 | [ shì jūn tǐ ] bacteriophage, phage, virus that infects bacteria |
| ⇒ 吞噬 | [ tūn shì ] to swallow, to engulf, to gobble up |
| ⇒ 吞噬作用 | [ tūn shì zuò yòng ] phagocytosis (ingesting and destroying foreign matter) |
| ⇒ 吞噬細胞 | [ tūn shì xì baō ] phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter) |
| ⇒ 大吞噬細胞 | [ dà tūn shì xì baō ] macrophage |
| ⇒ 小吞噬細胞 | [ tūn shì xì baō ] microphage (a type of white blood cell) |
| ⇒ 巨噬細胞 | [ jù shì xì baō ] macrophage |