hèěrménɡ

荷尔蒙

Word · NounTraditional赫爾蒙

hormone (old term)

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noun

hormone (obsolete term)

archaic

An outdated transliteration of the English word 'hormone'. It is rarely used in modern Chinese, having been replaced by the standard term 激素 (jī sù).

Zài在
yī一
xiē些
jiù旧
yī医
xué学
wén文
xiàn献
zhōng中
 ，
hái还
néng能
kàn看
dào到
 '
hè赫
ěr尔
ménɡ蒙
 '
zhè这
ge个
shuō说
fǎ法
 。

In some old medical literature, you can still see the term 'hormone' used.

 '
hé荷
ěr尔
ménɡ蒙
 '
shì是
lìng另
yī一
ge个
cháng常
jiàn见
de的
lì历
shǐ史
yīn音
yì译
 ，
bǐ比
 '
hè赫
ěr尔
ménɡ蒙
 '
gèng更
cháng常
yòng用
yī一
xiē些
 。

'Hormone' is another common historical transliteration, somewhat more common than '赫尔蒙'.