蛋白質

See also: 蛋白质

Chinese

		egg white; albumen; protein	hostage; substance; nature hostage; substance; nature; quality
trad. (蛋白質)		蛋白	質
simp. (蛋白质)		蛋白	质

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dànbáizhì, dànbáizhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˋ, ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan^6-2 baak⁶ zat¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): tan⁴ pag⁶ zed⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): tàn-pe̍k-chit / tàn-pia̍k-chit / tān-pe̍k-chit
• Wu (Wiktionary): ³de-baq-tseq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dànbáizhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dànbáijhìh
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴-pai²-chih⁴
    • Yale: dàn-bái-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannbairjyh
    • Palladius: даньбайчжи (danʹbajčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dànbáizhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dànbáijhíh
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴-pai²-chih²
    • Yale: dàn-bái-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannbairjyr
    • Palladius: даньбайчжи (danʹbajčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan^6-2 baak⁶ zat¹
    • Yale: dáan baahk jāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan^6-2 baak⁹ dzat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan^6-2 bag⁶ zed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn²²⁻³⁵ paːk̚² t͡sɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tan⁴ pag⁶ zed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰan⁵³ pʰak̚⁵ t͡sət̚¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn-pe̍k-chit
    • Tâi-lô: tàn-pi̍k-tsit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: darnpegcid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tan²¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tan¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕit̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan²¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕit̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn-pia̍k-chit
    • Tâi-lô: tàn-pia̍k-tsit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: darnpiagcid
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piak̚²⁴⁻² t͡ɕit̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tān-pe̍k-chit
    • Tâi-lô: tān-pi̍k-tsit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxnpegcid
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan³³⁻²¹ piɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tan³³⁻¹¹ piɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕit̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ³de-baq-tseq
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥e̞²² b̥a̱ʔ⁵⁵ t͡səʔ²¹/

Noun

蛋白質

1. protein

   蛋白質折疊／蛋白质折叠  ―  dànbáizhì zhédié  ―  protein folding

   富含蛋白質／富含蛋白质  ―  fùhán dànbáizhì  ―  to be rich in proteins

   酒精可使蛋白質變性。 [MSC, trad.]
   酒精可使蛋白质变性。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jiǔjīng kě shǐ dànbáizhì biànxìng. [Pinyin]

   Alcohol can make protein denatured.

2. (slang, derogatory) Short for 笨蛋 or 蠢蛋 + 白痴 (báichī) + 神經質／神经质 (shénjīngzhì): “one who is stupid, idiotic and neurotic”.

Synonyms

• (protein):

Dialectal synonyms of 蛋白質 (“protein”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蛋白質, 蛋白
Mandarin	Taiwan	蛋白質, 蛋白
Cantonese	Hong Kong	蛋白質
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	卵白質
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	卵白質
Min Nan	Xiamen	蛋白質, 蛋白
	Quanzhou	蛋白質
	Zhangzhou	蛋白質
	Tainan	卵白質
	Jieyang	蛋白質

Derived terms

• 蛋白質奶昔／蛋白质奶昔 (dànbáizhì nǎixī)

Descendants

• → Zhuang: danbwzciz

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蛋	白	質
たん Hyōgaiji	はく > ぱく Grade: 1	しつ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• タンパク質

Etymology

蛋白 (tanpaku, “egg white”) +‎ 質 (shitsu, “material”); the use of 蛋白 is a semantic loan from German Eiweiß.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たんぱく​しつ [tàńpákúꜜshìtsù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) たんぱ​くしつ [tàńpáꜜkùshìtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [tã̠mpa̠kɯ̟ᵝɕi̥t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

蛋(たん)白(ぱく)質(しつ) • (tanpakushitsu) 

1. protein

Synonyms

• プロテイン (purotein)

Derived terms

• 蛋(たん)白(ぱく)質(しつ)分(ぶん)解(かい)酵(こう)素(そ) (tanpakushitsu bunkai kōso, “protease”)
• 緑(りょく)色(しょく)蛍(けい)光(こう)蛋(たん)白(ぱく)質(しつ) (ryokushoku keikō tanpakushitsu, “green fluorescent protein”)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 蛋白質／蛋白质 (dànbáizhì)
• → Korean: 단백질 (danbaekjil)

Korean

Hanja in this term
蛋	白	質

Noun

蛋白質 • (danbaekjil or McCune-Reischauer: tanbaekchil or Yale: tānpaykqcil) (hangeul 단백질)

1. Hanja form^? of 단백질 (“protein”).