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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiak-liông / khek-liông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèlóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèlóng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-lung²
    • Yale: kè-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehlong
    • Palladius: кэлун (kɛlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ lung⁴
    • Yale: hāk lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ lʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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

1. (biology) to clone
2. (figurative, usually humorous or derogatory) 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

1. (biology) clone (new organism created by cloning)