Chinese word

克隆

Pronunciation

Pinyinkè lóng

Meaning

  • verbclone

Example

技术员把系统克隆到新硬盘上。jì shù yuán bǎ xì tǒng kè lóng dào xīn yìng pán shàng

The technician cloned the system onto a new hard drive.

Illustration for 克隆 (clone)

More examples

开发团队把现有环境克隆到测试服务器上。kāi fā tuán duì bǎ xiàn yǒu huán jìng kè lóng dào cè shì fú wù qì shàng

The development team cloned the existing environment onto the testing server.

Core concept

Create a near-identical copy that keeps the source's essential pattern, structure, or function.

Common phrases

  • 克隆硬盘kè lóng yìng pán

    clone a hard disk

  • 克隆系统kè lóng xì tǒng

    clone the system

  • 克隆基因kè lóng jī yīn

    clone genes

Similar words

复制fù zhì: Reproduce an original's shape or content with almost no change.
拷贝kǎo bèi: Move a file or data to a different location while saving the same information.
仿制fǎng zhì: Produce an imitation of a product or work by copying its form or function.

Definition in Chinese

用技术手段复制生物体、组织、器件或数据，使新个体在遗传、结构或功能上与原体基本相同。yòng jì shù shǒu duàn fù zhì shēng wù tǐ zǔ zhī qì jiàn huò shù jù shǐ xīn gè tǐ zài yí chuán jié gòu huò gōng néng shàng yǔ yuán tǐ jī běn xiàng tóng

Word origin

克隆 (kèlóng, "clone") is a sound-based borrowing from English, so its characters mainly record the pronunciation rather than describe the copying process.

Usage tips

  • In technology talk, this word can describe reproducing a whole disk or system, not just moving one small file.

Other meanings

  • cloningnoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 克隆技术kè lóng jì shùcloning technologynoun
  • 克隆体kè lóng tǐcloned organismnoun

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