蛋白

Chinese

egg; oval shaped
 
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad.
(蛋白)
2nd round simp. 旦白

Pronunciation


Noun

蛋白

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

Synonyms

  • (egg white):
  • (protein):

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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

Noun

(たん)(ぱく) (tanpaku) 

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

Usage notes

Synonyms

Derived terms

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

蛋白 (danbaek) (hangeul 단백)

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