克隆

Chinese

		gram; subdue; to restrain gram; subdue; to restrain; to overcome	grand; intense; prosperous grand; intense; prosperous; start (a fire); sound of drums
simp. and trad. (克隆)		克	隆

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English clone.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kèlóng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ lung⁴
Min Nan (POJ): khiak-liông / khek-liông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kèlóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehlong
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hak¹ lung⁴
  - Yale: hāk lùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ lung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ lung⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ lʊŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiak-liông
  - Tâi-lô: khiak-liông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiaklioong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khek-liông
  - Tâi-lô: khik-liông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qeklioong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ liɔŋ¹³/

Verb

克隆

(biology) to clone
(figuratively, usually humorous or pejorative) to produce a second copy; to copy; to imitate; to replicate

Synonyms

選殖／选殖 (xuǎnzhí) (Taiwanese Mandarin)

Derived terms

克隆人
克隆體／克隆体

雪克隆 (xuěkèlóng)

Noun

克隆

(biology) clone (new organism created by cloning)

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