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自养生物

zì yǎng shēng wùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(biology) autotroph
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-42edae7e7067aa90. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

自養生物 自养生物 [zi4 yang3 sheng1 wu4] /(biology) autotroph/

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Other forms in these source records: 自養生物

  • 自
    zì

    (bound form) self / oneself / from / since / naturally / as a matter of course

  • 养
    yǎng

    to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth

  • 生
    shēng

    to grow / to give birth / to produce / to be born / to arise / to occur / to light (a fire) / to live / to be alive / life / raw / uncooked / unprocessed / unfamiliar / strange / (bound form) student / person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life / lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very / intensely (as in 生疼[shēng téng]) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[shēng lā yìng zhuài])

  • 物
    wù

    (bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself / people other than oneself

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.