葉酸

Chinese

		leaf; page	acid
trad. (葉酸)		葉	酸
simp. (叶酸)		叶	酸

Etymology

Calque of English folic acid.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèsuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄙㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jip⁶ syun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèsuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄙㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèsuan
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-suan¹
    • Yale: yè-swān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehsuan
    • Palladius: есуань (jesuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ su̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jip⁶ syun¹
    • Yale: yihp syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jip⁹ syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yib⁶ xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːp̚² syːn⁵⁵/

Noun

葉酸

1. (organic chemistry, biochemistry) folic acid

Japanese

Kanji in this term
葉	酸
よう Grade: 3	さん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

葉 (yō, “leaf”) +‎ 酸 (san, “acid”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よーさん [yòósáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːsã̠ɴ]

• • Homophones: 洋算, 養蚕

Noun

葉(よう)酸(さん) • (yōsan) ^{←えふさん (efusan)?}

1. (organic chemistry, biochemistry) folic acid

   Synonym: ビタミンM (bitamin emu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
葉	酸

Noun

葉酸 • (yeopsan or McCune-Reischauer: yŏpsan or Yale: yepqsan) (hangeul 엽산)

1. Hanja form^? of 엽산 (“folic acid”).