染色体倍性

ploidy (number of homologous chromosomes)

to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting

dye

color / CL:種|种[zhong3] / look / appearance / sex

(coll.) color / used in 色子[shai3 zi5]

chromosome

body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics)

(two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply

nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[ge4]