核酸

Chinese

		nuclear; atomic; stone (of fruit)	sour; sore; ache sour; sore; ache; acid
trad. (核酸)		核	酸
simp. #(核酸)		核	酸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hésuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄙㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hat⁶ syun¹, wat⁶ syun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): het-sôn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hu̍t-soan / he̍k-soan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hêg⁴ seng¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸gheq-soe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hésuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄙㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hésuan
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-suan¹
    • Yale: hé-swān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hersuan
    • Palladius: хэсуань (xɛsuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ su̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hat⁶ syun¹, wat⁶ syun¹
    • Yale: haht syūn, waht syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁹ syn¹, wat⁹ syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hed⁶ xun¹, wed⁶ xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚² syːn⁵⁵/, /wɐt̚² syːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: het-sôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: hed` son´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hed⁵ son¹
    • Sinological IPA: /het̚² son²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-soan / he̍k-soan
    • Tâi-lô: hu̍t-suan / hi̍k-suan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hudsoafn, hegsoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hut̚⁴⁻³² suan⁴⁴/, /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² suan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚²⁴⁻² suan³³/, /hiɪk̚²⁴⁻² suan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ suan⁴⁴/, /hiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ suan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² suan⁴⁴/, /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² suan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² suan⁴⁴/, /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² suan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hêg⁴ seng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hek sṳng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hek̚²⁻⁴ sɯŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸gheq-soe
    • MiniDict: gheh^入 soe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hheq-soe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦəʔ¹¹ sø²³/

Noun

核酸

1. (biochemistry, genetics) nucleic acid
2. (This is a hot sense, kept provisionally) Short for 核酸檢測／核酸检测 (hésuān jiǎncè). [2021–]

   做核酸  ―  zuò hésuān  ―  to take a nucleic acid test

Derived terms

• 核糖核酸 (hétánghésuān)
• 核酸檢測／核酸检测 (hésuān jiǎncè)
• 核酸酶
• 脫氧核糖核酸／脱氧核糖核酸 (tuōyǎnghétánghésuān)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
核	酸
かく Grade: S	さん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

核 (kaku, “core”) +‎ 酸 (san, “acid”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かくさん [kàkúsáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠kɯ̟̊ᵝsã̠ɴ]

Noun

核(かく)酸(さん) • (kakusan) 

1. (genetics, biochemistry) nucleic acid

Korean

Hanja in this term
核	酸

Noun

核酸 • (haeksan) (hangeul 핵산)

1. Hanja form^? of 핵산 (“nucleic acid”).