乳酸

Chinese

		breast; milk	sour; sore; ache sour; sore; ache; acid
trad. (乳酸)		乳	酸
simp. #(乳酸)		乳	酸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǔsuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˇ ㄙㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ syun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǔsuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˇ ㄙㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǔsuan
    • Wade–Giles: ju³-suan¹
    • Yale: rǔ-swān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruusuan
    • Palladius: жусуань (žusuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ syun¹
    • Yale: yúh syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ syːn⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 乳酸

1. (organic chemistry) lactic acid

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (乳酸):

• → Japanese: 乳(にゅう)酸(さん) (nyūsan)
• → Korean: 유산(乳酸) (yusan)
• → Vietnamese: nhũ toan (乳酸)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
乳	酸
にゅう Grade: 6	さん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

1. (organic chemistry) lactic acid

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Korean

Hanja in this term
乳	酸

Noun

乳酸 • (yusan) (hangeul 유산)

1. Hanja form^? of 유산 (“lactic acid”).