蛋白

蛋白

Chinese

		egg; oval shaped	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad. (蛋白)		蛋	白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dànbái

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan^6-2 baak⁶, daan^6-2 baak^6-2
• Min Nan (POJ): tàn-pe̍k / tàn-pia̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dànbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannbair
    • IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan^6-2 baak⁶, daan^6-2 baak^6-2
    • Yale: dáan baahk, dáan báak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan^6-2 baak⁹, daan^6-2 baak^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan² bag⁶, dan² bag²
    • IPA ^(key): /täːn²²⁻³⁵ päːk̚²/, /täːn²²⁻³⁵ päːk̚²⁻³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn-pe̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tàn-pi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: darnpek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan²¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tan²¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tan¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn-pia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tàn-pia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: darnpiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piak̚²⁴/

Noun

蛋白

1. egg white; albumen
2. Short for 蛋白質／蛋白质 (dànbáizhì, “protein”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蛋白 (“(chicken) egg white”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蛋白
Mandarin	Beijing	蛋清兒
	Taiwan	蛋白
	Harbin	蛋清兒
	Muping	雞蛋清兒
	Luoyang	蛋白兒, 蛋清兒
	Wanrong	雞蛋清
	Xi'an	雞蛋清兒
	Yinchuan	清子
	Lanzhou	清子
	Ürümqi	雞蛋清兒
	Chengdu	白白, 蛋清清, 蛋清, 蛋白白, 蛋白
	Guiyang	蛋清
	Yangzhou	蛋白子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蛋白
	Hong Kong	蛋白
Gan	Nanchang	蛋白
	Lichuan	蛋白
	Pingxiang	架架白
Hakka	Meixian	卵白
	Yudu	蛋白
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	卵白
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	卵白
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	卵白
	Dongshi (Dabu)	卵白
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	卵白
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	卵白
Huizhou	Jixi	雞子清
Jin	Xinzhou	雞清, 清子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	卵白
Min Dong	Fuzhou	卵清
Min Nan	Xiamen	卵清
	Quanzhou	卵清
	Zhangzhou	卵清
	Taipei	卵清
	Kaohsiung	卵清
	Tainan	卵清
	Taichung	卵清
	Hsinchu	卵清
	Lukang	卵清
	Sanxia	卵清
	Yilan	卵清
	Kinmen	卵清
	Magong	卵清
	Haikou	白仁
	Leizhou	白仁
Pinghua	Nanning	蛋白, 蛋清
Wu	Shanghai	蛋白, 蛋清
	Suzhou	蛋白
	Hangzhou	蛋清
	Wenzhou	卵清 raw, 卵白 cooked
	Chongming	蛋白
	Danyang	子白, 蛋清
	Ningbo	蛋白

Derived terms

殼硬蛋白／壳硬蛋白 (kéyìngdànbái) 白蛋白 (báidànbái)

膠原蛋白／胶原蛋白 (jiāoyuán dànbái) 蛋白質／蛋白质 (dànbáizhì)

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Japanese

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

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 蛋白 (tan? bæk, literally “egg + white”). The kanʻon reading, so likely a later borrowing.

The protein sense is more recent, and developed out of the egg white sense.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) た​んぱく [táꜜǹpàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) たんぱく [tàńpákú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [tã̠mpa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

蛋白 (hiragana たんぱく, katakana タンパク, rōmaji tanpaku)

1. egg white, albumen
2. Short for 蛋白質 (tanpakushitsu): protein (more common sense in modern Japanese)

Usage notes

• This term is often spelled in katakana (as タンパク) due to the rarity of the first character, 蛋.

Synonyms

• (egg white): 卵白 (らんぱく) (ranpaku) (more common), 白身 (しろみ) (shiromi)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 蛋白質 (たんぱくしつ) (tanpakushitsu): protein
• 蛋白尿 (たんぱくにょう) (tanpakunyō): albuminuria
• 蛋白分解酵素 (たんぱくぶんかいこうそ) (tanpaku bunkai kōso): protease, an enzyme that breaks down protein
• 蛋白消化酵素 (たんぱくしょうかこうそ) (tanpaku shōka kōso): protease, an enzyme that breaks down protein
• 蛋白石 (たんぱくせき) (tanpakuseki): opal

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
蛋	白

Noun

蛋白 • (danbaek) (hangeul 단백)

1. Hanja form^? of 단백 (“egg white; Abbreviation of 단백질 (danbaekjil).”).