黑素

Chinese

		black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	plain; element
simp. and trad. (黑素)		黑	素

Etymology

Calque of English melanin.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hēisù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄟ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ sou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēisù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: heisù
    • Wade–Giles: hei¹-su⁴
    • Yale: hēi-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heisuh
    • Palladius: хэйсу (xɛjsu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ su⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ sou³
    • Yale: hāk sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ sou̯³³/

Noun

黑素

1. (biochemistry) melanin

Synonyms

• 黑色素 (hēisèsù)

Derived terms

• 黑素細胞／黑素细胞 (hēisù xìbāo)