Entry
  1. base pairing (e.g. adenine A 腺嘌呤 pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA); base pair

    trad. 鹼基配對

Also written 鹼基配對【jiǎn jī pèi duì】

Characters in this word

4
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

(bound form) base; foundation, (bound form) radical (chemistry), (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)

Pinyin
Strokes
11
Frequency
3484 of 2500
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

right; correct, towards; at; for, concerning; regarding, to treat (sb a certain way), to face, (bound form) opposite; facing; matching, to match together; to adjust, to fit; to suit, to answer; to reply, to add; to pour in (a fluid), to check; to compare, classifier: couple; pair

Pinyin
duì
Traditional
Strokes
5
Frequency
35 of 2500