核糖核酸

Chinese

		ribose	nucleic acid
trad. (核糖核酸/核醣核酸)		核糖/核醣	核酸
simp. (核糖核酸)		核糖	核酸

Etymology

Calque of English ribonucleic acid.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hétánghésuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄤˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄙㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hat⁶ tong⁴ hat⁶ syun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hétánghésuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄤˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄙㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hétánghésuan
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-tʻang²-ho²-suan¹
    • Yale: hé-táng-hé-swān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hertarnghersuan
    • Palladius: хэтанхэсуань (xɛtanxɛsuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵ su̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hat⁶ tong⁴ hat⁶ syun¹
    • Yale: haht tòhng haht syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁹ tong⁴ hat⁹ syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hed⁶ tong⁴ hed⁶ xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚² tʰɔːŋ²¹ hɐt̚² syːn⁵⁵/

Noun

核糖核酸

1. (biochemistry) ribonucleic acid (RNA)

Related terms

• 脫氧核糖核酸／脱氧核糖核酸 (tuōyǎnghétánghésuān, “deoxyribonucleic acid”)