Bacteria in Chinese
bacteria · HSK 6
细菌
- 细 thin
- 菌 fungus
Counted with 种: 一种细菌
饭前洗手可以减少细菌。 Washing your hands before meals can reduce germs.
More words with 细 or 菌
How do you say bacteria in Chinese?
Bacteria in Chinese is 细菌 (xì jūn).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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