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

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 蛋 (たん)白 (ぱく)質 (しつ) (tanpakushitsu, “protein”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dànbáizhì, dànbáizhí
(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˋ, ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan^6-2 baak⁶ zat¹
Min Nan (POJ): tàn-pe̍k-chit / tàn-pia̍k-chit / tān-pe̍k-chit
Wu (Wiktionary): de baq tseq (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: dànbáizhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannbairjyh
  - IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: dànbáizhí
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannbairjy
  - IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daan^6-2 baak⁶ zat¹
  - Yale: dáan baahk jāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daan^6-2 baak⁹ dzat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: dan² bag⁶ zed¹
  - IPA ^(key): /täːn²²⁻³⁵ päːk̚² t͡sɐt̚⁵/
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 piak̚²⁴⁻²² 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: de baq tseq (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /d̻e̞²² b̻a̱ʔ⁵⁵ t͡səʔ²¹/

Noun

蛋白質

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
(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): (Hakka, Min Nan) 卵白質／卵白质

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

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) たんぱくしつ [tàńpákúꜜshìtsù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) たんぱくしつ [tàńpáꜜkùshìtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [tã̠mpa̠kɯ̟ᵝɕi̥t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

蛋白質 (hiragana たんぱくしつ, rōmaji tanpakushitsu)

protein

Synonyms

プロテイン (purotein)

Derived terms

蛋白質分解酵素 (たんぱくしつぶんかいこうそ) (tanpakushitsu bunkai kōso, “protease”)
緑色蛍光蛋白質 (りょくしょくけいこうたんぱくしつ) (ryokushoku keikō tanpakushitsu, “green fluorescent protein”)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
蛋	白	質

Noun

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

Hanja form^? of 단백질 (“protein”).

[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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