méi

common
technical
noun

Meaning of

酶 means enzyme; biological catalyst. Pronounced méi.

  • enzyme; biological catalyst

Character Info

Radical
Strokes14
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Tuò
zhōng
de
tuò
méi
bāng
zhù
fēn
jiě
shí
zhōng
de
diàn
fěn
 

Salivary amylase in saliva helps break down starch in food.

Wèi
dàn
bái
méi
zài
xiāo
huà
tǒng
zhōng
huī
zhe
zhòng
yào
de
cuī
huà
zuò
yòng
 

Pepsin plays an important catalytic role in the digestive system.

tóng
de
méi
zhǐ
néng
duì
dìng
de
huà
xué
fǎn
yìng
zuò
yòng
 

Different enzymes only act on specific chemical reactions.

jiào
guò
chéng
zhōng
 
jiào
méi
dào
le
guān
jiàn
de
cuī
huà
zuò
yòng
 

During the fermentation process, zymase plays a key catalytic role.

yán
rén
yuán
zhèng
zài
yán
jiū
yòng
méi
lái
gāo
shēng
zhì
yào
de
shēng
chǎn
xiào
 

Researchers are studying how to use enzymes to improve production efficiency in biopharmaceuticals.

Measure Words

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