乳糖

Chinese

		breast; milk	sugar; sweets; candy
trad. (乳糖/乳醣)		乳	糖/醣
simp. (乳糖)		乳	糖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǔtáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˇ ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ tong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǔtáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˇ ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǔtáng
    • Wade–Giles: ju³-tʻang²
    • Yale: rǔ-táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruutarng
    • Palladius: жутан (žutan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ tong⁴
    • Yale: yúh tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ tʰɔːŋ²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 乳糖

1. (biochemistry) lactose

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
乳	糖
にゅう Grade: 6	とう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

乳 (nyū, “milk”) +‎ 糖 (tō, “sugar”)

Pronunciation

• Homophones: 入刀, 入党, 入湯, 乳頭

Noun

乳(にゅう)糖(とう) • (nyūtō) ^{←にゆうたう (nyuutau)?}

1. Synonym of ラクトース (rakutōsu, “lactose”); milk sugar