shì

噬 (shì) is a Chinese word meaning “to devour; to bite”.

Meanings

  1. 1to devour
  2. 2to bite

Related words

吞噬to swallow噬菌体bacteriophage; phage反噬to backfire on; to rebound on吞噬作用(biology) phagocytosis吞噬细胞phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)噬咬to bite噬脐莫及lit. one cannot bite one's own navel (idiom)大吞噬细胞macrophage小吞噬细胞microphage (a type of white blood cell)巨噬细胞macrophage

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